Playground refresh work out to tender

A full refresh of the Kilcullen Community Playground is on the cards for this summer, subject to the completion of a tender process, writes Brian Byrne. Funding of €40,000 has been provided by Kildare County Council, who are managing the tenders for the work.

During the recent KCA meeting, Celia Travers had raised the condition of the facility, which she said 'is breaking up before our eyes'. "Every bit of timber in it is rotten, the sand is really bad, one of the balance bars is the latest equipment to go." She paid tribute to the council officials who come immediately to deal with anything that breaks, but said it seemed to her that broken equipment now was simply taken away and not replaced. "There was no money to do the work last year, but now we have the money it would be nice to get it done quickly."

Cllr Tracey O'Dwyer said that the project is now out to tender, and she hoped the work could be under way by summer. It was agreed that KCA write to the Parks Department to emphasise the urgency.

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