Bus stop to change with CPC building

Proposed new location of the bus stop, opposite HSE Health Centre.

The main bus stop in Kilcullen will be moved in the course of the Cross & Passion College new school building programme, writes Brian Byrne. When that happens, it will break a tradition of the current bus stop position going back almost a century.

The new location will be opposite the HSE Health Centre in a recessed area taking in part of the existing CPC grounds. According to the planning permission granted to the College, there will also be a bi-directional cycleway constructed along the frontage of the property, as part of Kildare County Council's Active Travel policy.

Kildare County Council has been in negotiation for a number of years with the Cross & Passion sisters for the transfer of land to provide a bus shelter.

Building the cycle way may also require moving the existing wall and railings, due to the requirement to maintain the road width at 6 metres, the footpath, and a 2.5-metres for the cycle way.

The current bus stop opposite The Hideout has been a key community, people transport, and freight link since the 1920s (pictured below is a bus at the stop c1929).

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