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Plans for Blessington Community College to build an 800-pupil school have been expanded to accommodate 1,000 students and given the green light to progress by the Department of Education.

Elected councillors from the Baltinglass Municipal District called for immediate action on long-awaited Baltinglass RRDF projects at the April Wicklow County Council meeting.

A total of €350,000 in Improvement Grant Project funding has been allocated to the Baltinglass Municipal District to undertake long-awaited safety improvements at a dangerous junction in Lockstown, Valleymount.

Calls have been made for Wicklow County Council to ensure that there are no cost overruns on the planned extension to the Blessington E-Greenway. Councillors heard during the February meeting of Baltinglass Municipal District that site walkovers over the last 12 months had found that the project required more construction work than initially anticipated. This had pushed up the estimated cost of the project from €8.5 million to €15 million. Cllr Vincent Blake (FG) welcomed the projects prog...

The topic of dog fouling is a huge issue in the west of the county, according to local councillors. The issue was raised during the February meeting of Baltinglass Municipal District. Garvan Hickey, district adminitrator, told members that letters had been received about the issue of dog fouling, particularly in the Blessington area. Cllr Gerry ONeill (Ind) said he spoken to the environment section of the local authority as dog fouling was a huge issue for the area. I suggest laws should be enf...

Funding has been secured to carry out long-awaited safety works from the top of the Wicklow Gap Road into Hollywood.

Proposals to upgrade the main regional route east-west across the south of the county are being considered by the Baltinglass Municipal District. The topic of the R747, which runs through the south and west of the county between Arklow and Ballitore in Co. Kildare, was raised during a discussion of the roads at the January meeting of the Baltinglass Municipal District. Cllr Vincent Blake (FG) noted that the R747 between Arklow and N9 was the primary road for traffic travelling in the south of...

Members of the Baltinglass Municipal District have expressed their opposition to proposals to develop a wind farm at Kilranelagh north of Baltinglass, calling for west Wicklows unique landscape to be protected. The matter was raised on Monday during Baltinglass Municipal Districts January meeting which was held via Zoom. Last week, ABO Wind lodged an application seeking permission to develop five 165m wind turbines and associated infrastructure at Kilranelagh Hill. However, Wicklow County Counc...

Plans to remove trees from Burgage Graveyard will create an additional 70 burial plots. Currently there are only eight burial plots left with the works due to commence in January of next year. There had been growing concerns locally that there would be no room left in the graveyard for loved ones to be buried alongside family members already resting at Burgage Cemetery. Cllr Gerry ONeill said the planned works will free up some additional space for burial plots, which could be used over the ne...

Councillors have warned there is one chance to create an appropriate tourism masterplan for the iconic Glendalough. Members of Wicklow County Council received an update on the progress of the €500,000 plan being developed by consultants on behalf of Failte Ireland during their December meeting. Representatives from Consarc Consultants, who are leading the development of the plan, and others from the taskforce outlined some of the work completed on the project to date, which aims to create a p...