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December, 2010 will long be remembered as the coldest month experienced in Co Kilkenny. Sustained low temperatures and unseasonably early snowfall made life very difficult for householders but also for commuters and those trying to go about their daily business in the county.

Kilkenny city and county has been hit hard by the Nordic weather conditions that have taken a large proportion of the country by storm this week. Significant snowfalls hampered travel throughout the county with many local routes deemed impassable.

As the country launches its first motorway service station this week, AA Rescue reveals it has responded to 142 callouts by members who have completely run out of fuel on the country’s motorways since January. In total the AA has attended 2,113 callouts on the motorway network so far in 2010, a rise of 60 per cent on the same period last year.

Not only will motorists continue to fork out for tolls but a trip on the M6 will be, let us say uncomfortable, with plans for service areas abandoned due to lack of funding.

Kilkenny and the south-east region can expect to benefit treblefold from investment into the new M9 motorway, which opened its final phase yesterday.

The final stretch of the M9 motorway linking Waterford with Kilkenny is set to open some three months ahead of schedule next month and the National Roads Authority has recently confirmed that the road is going to be toll-free.

A second toll on the Dublin to Waterford motorway is to be considered in a Government bid to raise additional revenue from Irish roads.

A civil engineering company has lodged a claim with Kilkenny County Council to the tune of €30m.

Mill House, Gowran, Co Kilkenny.

There were times when the people of Kilkenny believed that they would be negotiating the bad bends and bridges of the old Waterford Road until their dying days, however, the dreams of a new safe route have now become reality.