Queen road works not from Council budget

All the extra road works involving ramps removal and reinstatement and road surfacing by Kildare County Council, to do with the visit of Queen Elizabeth II, will not come from the Council's annual budget, writes Brian Byrne, but will be reimbursed by additional funding from central Government resources.

Cllr Ivan Keatley (FG) was given assurances on this matter by the Council's Director of Transportation, following a query prompted by the Diary.

"However, roadside verges work, such as grass cutting, flower planting and signage work, will come from the Council's annual budget as a lot of this work would have been carried out at a later date," Cllr Keatley added.

A number of concerns had been expressed to the Diary that the extra road works might have impinged on the Council's ability to deal with other needs through the rest of the year, but this will not be the case.