Council will 'monitor' dangerous footpath

Kildare County Council is to ‘monitor’ the condition of the Church Road footpath over coming months, following representations by councillors.

The condition of the footpath has given rise to much local concern, especially since a woman tripped and fell on it over the June Bank Holiday, necessitating a trip to hospital.

At the recent local area meeting in the Council, Cllr Martin Heydon asked that it give an undertaking to repair the footpath ‘as a matter of urgency’. Cllr Aoife Breslin also asked that the repairs be carried out in the interest of public safety.

In response, they were told that the reduced budgetary provision for footpath repairs in Naas Area in 2009 means that the available funding must be prioritised on small scale, high importance repairs, ‘where an immediate danger to the public exists’.

The Council says the Naas Area Engineer is ‘aware of the poor condition’ of this section of path at present. It says the situation will be closely monitored over the coming months and should the condition of the path deteriorate to such an extent that it is dangerous for pedestrians, relevant repairs as funding allows will be carried out.