Grid Link Information Office is officially opened

Information Office in Market SquareThe Grid Link Information Office in Kilcullen was officially opened last evening with the attendance of the Mayor of Kildare, Michael Spike Nolan, writes Brian Byrne.

Also there was Cllr Ivan Keatley from Kilcullen, and Cllr Paddy Kennedy from Newbridge.

The Office is located in the Market Square building, on the second floor. Access is possible by the lift in the premises as well as the stairs.

It will be open every Monday afternoon to provide information on the Grid Link Project, a €500 million investment that will see the construction of a new power line linking Dunstown (near Kilcullen) with Knockraha in Co Cork via Great Island in Co Wexford and will ensure future electrical power needs are met in the south and east of Ireland.

Pictured at last night's event are Ronan Greely, EirGrid, Cllr Ivan Keatley, and John Lowry, Grid Link Project Manager.

The list of possible routes for the link will be made public in September as part of an intensive public consultation programme linked to the project.