Praise for street cleaning

There was high praise for the street cleaning scheme operated by Kildare County Council, at the recent meeting of Kilcullen Community Action.

The scheme, which was set up on a pilot basis, provides cleaning three days a week by a team 'shared' with Ballymore and other towns in the area.

Reporting on a meeting with the Council official in charge of the scheme, Ray Kelly said it had been positive, and he had been told there would be 'no difficulty' in extending the 'sweep' of the cleaning machine out to the Link Park. It currently operates as far as Dunleas Garage at the north end of town.

He also reported that the Council was prepared to collect bags of rubbish from estates during spring and autumn cleanups, if requested.

He said if any estate or town area wanted the cleaning teams to do a specific area, himself of Noel Clare should be contacted and they would pass on the request to the Council.

Brian Byrne.