Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will officially open the road
The new Athy Distributor Road will open to traffic at 7pm this evening.
The new road is a 3.4km road stretch that commences east of Athy and provides a southern bypass of the existing town.
The scheme includes 4.8km of combined walking and cycling infrastructure including a repurposed railway bridge over the River Barrow, two new roundabouts, new signalised junctions at the Carlow Road and Fortbarrington Road, an 80m single span steel bridge over the River Barrow and a new railway bridge over the Dublin to Waterford railway line.
The scheme also includes various permeability measures with links provided to Corran Ard, Branswood and Dun Brinn housing estates along with a link to the Barrow Blueway and the River Barrow towpath.
The scheme also provides a new link to the train station and to the area north of the Castledermot Road roundabout.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will officially open the road this afternoon.
Speaking on Kildare Today, Senator Mark Wall said it's a great day for Athy.
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