Traffic to busy Kildare GAA club making access to local estates difficult
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AN issue with traffic around Naas GAA club has been highlighted, with nearby residents having “huge issues accessing and exiting their estates”.
At the most recent meeting of Naas Municipal District, cllr Carmel Kelly asked Kildare County Council to confirm if the two sets of traffic lights “on the Sallins Road at Hennessy’s Junction (Monread Ave) and at Naas GAA are calibrated to take into account the residents of Cherry Grove and Hillside who are experiencing huge issues accessing and exiting their estates?”.
Acting senior engineer in sustainable transport and traffic management, Chris Galvin, issued the council’s response, which noted that the two estates “both access onto the Sallins Road as separate priority T junctions.”
The council’s response went on further to explain that the traffic signals at Monread Avenue and Naas GAA junctions on the Sallins road only control traffic at those junctions.
Mr Galvn’s response added, however, that these traffic lights help the residents of the estates to access the Sallins Road, as they create gaps in the flow of traffic.
Speaking at the meeting, cllr Kelly emphasised how busy the area around Naas GAA is, saying “we probably have the largest GAA club in the country, never mind the county”.
Although there are bigger clubs nationally like Kilamacud Crokes in Dublin, Naas GAA is believed to have around 3,000 members.
The councillor noted that groups such as the local women’s shed and a Zumba class also operate from Naas GAA.
Cllr Kelly called on the council to help the local residents, with a council official present saying that the council will “take a further look” at the matter.
