Leixlip chat

Leixlip 'Masterplan'

Interesting tip bits -

• removing parking spaces from bottom of Captains Hill,
• pedestrianise Ralph Sq. and annex half the spaces in Arthur Guinness car park.
• Redevelop Wonderbarn outbuildings to social and cultural standards.

I thought they should of incorporated Leixlip Spa and Canal Aquaduct - path along Rye stops just short of Aquaduct already. However no real timelines and while obvious traffic calming measures are required there is no consideration to the pending new planning proposals in Confey that will inevitability increase traffic flow up the hill. But here's hoping some of the plans will commence !!!

Intel road frontage reinstatement

Two new sets of traffic lights… wish that wasn't necessary, impedes traffic flow 🐌

The road noise is due to the highly worn road surface, KCC stated they did not have a budget to resurface it in 2023, ignorant of the €10billion of investment Intel completed last year, that original surface is 15+ years?old and how many 000's of tons of traffic has it conveyed alone in last 3 years... Its not a far reach that you could plant winter barley in the continous exposed road seams (crop furrows) along the R449 between Intel and M4.

Yeah, having the cafe beside the playground makes perfect sense, not having this is sort of mind boggling!

I read in the plans and I thought it said a 'supposed' cafe.

The KCC way!

Even as someone who cycles and walks a lot, I find traffic lights do more harm for car traffic than they alleviate, but they are better for cyclists and pedestrians, so seem to get priority no matter what.
At Intel, I would argue that a roundabout is a better option based on the split of motor/cycle/pedestrian traffic.

Yeah, there has been a few water disruptions the last few months.

Yeah, I hear the traffic is really bad in the mornings at Intel now. Traffic back up past the Kilmacredock roundabout.

The change from a Roundabout to traffic lights is to improve traffic flow so I think it will be fair to judge it on that. Definitely some awkward places to cross on foot around there made worse I thought by the widening coming from Kilmacredock, did it add an extra lane towards Maynooth at the time? Improvements for pedestrians definitely welcome but I am not sure very many cross on foot there but could be wrong. I think the main walking routes there are Intel to train and leisure walkers circling around by Lidl>Westfield>Glen Easton, neither of those require crossing the road at the Roundabout. Hopefully they get the signalling right and then should be good for traffic. Longer flows from the Amenities when queues there clash with shift end at Intel would be a plus.