Council ‘should ensure’ historic Naas castle site is protected, meeting told
History: St David’s Castle is the ‘ancient town’ - Cllr Seamie Moore
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Kildare County Council has been asked to ensure that the historic St David’s Castle be protected.
Cllr Anne Breen claimed that work has taken place at the site and some of this was to safeguard the area.
However, Cllr Breen expressed concern about the need to ‘ensure that the site is given protection in keeping with statutory regulations for protected structures’.
Town manager Eoghan Ryan said no authority was given for work to be done. He said that the owner indicated that there was a need to make the site safe. He added that what work was done was reasonable. He added that the council sent a conservation architect to the location and after that ‘we asked them to cease’. He said that the owners want to do a topographical survey and a bat survey.
Short stay car park space for Poplar Square in Naas
Naas MD meeting discussions
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The ongoing saga about the pedestrianisation of Poplar Square in Naas got a brief outing at the April Naas Municipal District meeting.
Some business people have criticised the plan, but the area is constantly used by members of the public and there are off-street car parking spaces nearby.
Cllr Anne Breen called for a click and collect arrangement to be put in place so that people could collect purchases at premises like the take away operator there. Cllr Breen has opposed the pedestrianisation on the basis that local businesses are opposed to the loss of car parking spaces.
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Works planned at junction near Naas secondary school
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Upgraded facilities for cyclists and pedestrians at Craddockstown, Naas, are in the pipeline.
Kildare County Council plans to use a special contribution to do the work, as part of planned improvement works at the Craddockstown junction.
A Naas Municipal District meeting was told that a special contribution of €263,000 was applied by An Bord Pleanála to carry out pedestrian and cycleway improvement works on the Craddockstown Road between the school and Ballycane crossroads.
Cllr Bill Clear said that special contributions and levies should be applied to provide more walkways and cycleways in Naas.