Athy Road reopened

The Athy to Kilcullen Road, closed at varying sections since February, has now been fully reopened.

The work was to allow pipe-laying work proceed. The pipes will be used in the River Barrow Abstraction Scheme, which will provide water supplies for the mid-county from the river.

The whole scheme was costed at €44m and included a treatment plant at Srowland near Athy which will process 40,000 cu m of water a day. The work which closed the Athy Road will bring the water to the Old Kilcullen Reservoir.