Leixlip chat

KCC have published the Part 8 for the Wonderful Barn redevelopment:

https://consult.kildarecoco.ie/en/consultation/part-8-proposed-redevelopment-wonderful-barn-p8202410

Would love to see this happen, would be a great amenity for the town.

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.

With the playground I imagine having it an area that has the most natural surveillance is best from a security point of view, especially in the evening / night when any cafe is long closed. Having it on the other side of the barn might provide more visibility from the housing estate?

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.

Does anyone know are the two enormous cylindrical tanks opposite this new Leixlip playground site on Intel land holding gas or water ? I shudder to consider the consequences if the latter in event of an accident .

Fair enough hopefully the change will improve traffic flow and usability for pedestrians/cyclists. I know a few people who drive to Intel from Station Road estates, no hope for them.

I believe that when the extensions to Intel were implemented a few years ago ‘ the road was altered the agreement was that when the works are finished, the road would be altered back to its original way, hence the eradication of the roundabout etc.

also, it was mentioned above that the queues in the mornings were back to the Kilmacredock roundabout? I travel that road every morning & ( with school holidays etc ), I’ve yet to see such queue and I’m on it around 08h00. If anything the queues have lessened.

thanks for clarifying the roundabout issue. IMO, doing away with the roundabout isn’t all bad. Traffic lights will stop

The drivers who drive down the outside lane and going right around the roundabout to jump the queue turning left for the multi storey car parks and choking up the roundabout hindering those who want to head towards Leixlip Village

Yeah, it was gone all day!
It is becoming a thing now isn't it!!
My broadband was gone the other day as well and that has been knocked off a few times now in the last year as well.