The site had been used as a waste dump
A new park is set to open this autumn in Kerdiffstown at the site of an illegally operated waste dump, which has cost more than €61.5 million in public money to remediate.
The project will remediate the landfill site and will provide the area with a new public park, all-weather sports pitches, playground and walking paths to the residents of Naas, Sallins, Johnstown and Kill.
Despite its high price tag, it is hoped that what was once a mountain of untreated waste, has now been contained and will become a popular public amenity.
Much of that price has been paid by locals living in the surrounding areas,who for decades have had to put up with foul-smelling odours carrying on the wind from the dump.
The situation became worse in January 2011 when a massive underground fire broke out after the dump ceased operations.
International experts had to be drafted in to control the fire, which ended up burning for close to a month, sending noxious fumes into people's homes and forcing some residents to temporarily move out.
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