'Significant' traffic calming measures completed in one Kildare area

The regions are located in South Kildare

By Ciarán Mather Published 21st Sep 2026, 17:30 BST Updated 21st Sep 2026, 17:30 BST 'Significant' traffic calming measures completed in one Kildare area | FILE PHOTOGRAPH / PIXABAY The regions are located in South Kildare Kildare County Council (KCC) has asserted that 'significant’ traffic calming measures have been completed in one County Kildare area.

Information about the measures, which were implemented at at a location within the Athy Municipal District (MD), was provided to councillors at the start of the latest MD meeting, which took place on Monday, September 21, 2026.

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The matter initially arose when Labour Party Cllr Mark Leigh, who is also the Mayor of the MD, motioned for KCC to ‘address ongoing speeding concerns in Walterstown and Nurney through appropriate traffic-calming and speed-monitoring measures’.

His motion was seconded by Fianna Fáil Cllr Veralouise Behan.

Cllr Mark Leigh, who is also the Cathaoirleach / Mayor of the Athy Municipal District (Labour Party) | PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT: KILDARECOCO.IE In response, KCC told him via the report it presented at the meeting: “Significant traffic calming measures have been completed at Walterstown and Nurney over the past two years.”

KCC also said: “The MD office is continuing to monitor and review this [situation].”

Speaking further on the matter, Mayor Leigh said that while he acknowledged that the MD office ‘has carried out a lot of works over the years’ in these regions, he emphasised that ‘there are still some speeding issues, especially from the Monasterevin side coming into Nurney’.

This prompted an engineer for KCC, who was also present at the meeting, to tell Mayor Leigh that the MD office will ‘continue to look at’ remedies to the speeding issues in both locations.