KCC asked to repair playground fence

Kildare County Council is to be asked to urgently address the vandalism incident before Christmas during which a square was cut from the fencing around the Community Playground, writes Brian Byrne.

The matter came up at the recent meeting of Kilcullen Community Action, where Celia Travers noted that the resultant hole in the fence is 'jagged'. "Children will inevitably try to crawl through and they could cut themselves," she warned.

While KCA is contracted to monitor the playground, it has no responsibility for maintaining it beyond reporting problems and keeping it tidy. It was agreed that KCC would be contacted again to ensure that they fixed the fence problem, which would involve replacement of a complete section.

In a more general discussion on the playground, it was decided that the CES worker allocated to Kilcullen Tidy Towns would be tasked with checking the facility for litter on Wednesdays, to augment the KCA members' similar checks at weekends. This was in response to Esther Kiely's comment that it was not possible with the dark mornings for KCA members to check the playground before they went about their daily business.

A difficulty with rosters for checking the facility by KCA was also discussed, and resolved with a reminder that those next on the roster should be reminded by text message on the Sunday before their week of duty.