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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 project's progress, but expressed concerns about the increased costs. 'It's something in this country that we don...
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 O'Neill (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 enforced, People have to be held accountable. It's only a small group as the majority of dog owners...