Council 'can't increase salting' programme

Kildare County Council says it is not in a position to add the Kilcullen-Dunlavin road to its list of roads for salting during icy periods.

Responding to a motion put down by Cllr Martin Heydon, the Council says all existing manpower, equipment and financial resources are being used to their maximum on existing salting routes.

The response was similar to a request for the Naas-Dunlavin road through Brannockstown.

The Council also said it wasn't in a position to revise its 12 salting routes to ensure that no village in the county is snowed in for a sustained period of time.