Motorway service area for Kilcullen

Plans are well in train for a dedicated motorway service area to be located just outside Kilcullen on the M9.

The facility will be adjacent to the motorway extension currently under construction, near Halverstown National School.

According to plans on the website of the National Roads Authority, the service area will include shops, fuel and toilet facilities, but no hotel.

It will be directly accessible for northbound traffic, while vehicles travelling southbound will reach it via a bridge over the motorway.

The motorway itself, which will link up with the one bypassing Carlow, is now expected to be completed by the end of 2009, a year ahead of the original schedule.