Cllr Angela Feeney calls on ESB to activate new pedestrian lights

Cllr Angela Feeney calls on ESB to activate new pedestrian lights

Councillor Angela Feeney (Labour) welcomes the news that representatives from ESB networks will meet with councillors at Áras Chill Dara in advance of the full council meeting on July 29th. 

She wants to raise the non-activation of the newly installed pedestrian crossing at Maynooth Town Football Club.

Cllr Feeney submitted a motion in March 2023 calling for the installation of a push button pedestrian crossing at Maynooth Town Football Club. The motion was approved and LPT funding was allocated to complete the works. 

The pedestrian crossing was installed at the beginning of the Summer and all the relevant paperwork was sent to the ESB. Months later we are still awaiting connection, which is very frustrating, said Cllr. Feeney.  This is an important health and safety issue that will make it much safer for children to access the club on foot or by bike. 

Cllr. Feeney looks forward to getting a response to her query from the ESB and getting a timeline for the energising of the lights.

We need to see quicker action by the ESB.  Previously, Cllr Feeney had to make numerous representations to get the lights that had been installed along the canal near the train station in Maynooth because they took three years to be activated. It should not take this long to get publicly funded infrastructure available for use.