Small bus shelter for Kinlough - Warnock

Cathaoirleach Cllr Justin Warnock said that pavements in Kinlough are not wide enough to facilitate the grant-aided bus shelters, and called on the council to provide "two slimline polycarbonate bus shelters in Kinlough, one on the main street and one at Melvin Fields." 
 
He was advised that the council can apply for funding from the National Transport Authority (NTA) for a bus shelter on Main Street, Kinlough as this is an approved/formalised bus stop. However, the location of the bus shelter will have to be agreed with the residents and businesses on the street before it can be installed.

 
The response continued: "The bus stop at Melvin Fields is currently not an approved/formalised stop. Leitrim County Council can assist Local Link in their application to the NTA to formalise this stop, if their application is successful, funding can then be sought for a shelter at this location."  

 
 
Speaking to the Leitrim Observer, Cllr Warnock said the bus shelters provided by the NTA  are 15ft x 6ft. "We don't have the pavements in Kinlough to facilitate those."

 
 
He said for several years he has been advocating for "small polycarbonate bus shelters that are just 3ft wide and don't take up the whole pavement and don't have to go up against the front of a house."
 
 
He said the main street of Kinlough is occupied by houses and businesses with no room for a large bus shelter to be placed without blocking a building.
 
 
He added that he has been given a commitment that the project will be pushed forward. "I'll be relentless at this to try and secure the funding whether for this year or the beginning of next year."
 
 
He said it was important to be mindful of the people who live in the houses and businesses on the street when installing a large structure like a bus shelter. 
 
"Kinlough has over 1,200 people but we still just have one main street in it; the epicentre is the main street."