Wildlife
In 2008 Fingal County Council published an ambitious plan to develop a large wildlife park and natural amenity that would span both sides of the Rogerstwon estuary. Fingal Parks Department gave a summary of some of the features of the plan as:
The proposed development shall include; new entrances, a car park with a 120 car parking spaces, 250 allotments, 3 km (2 mi) of walkways, a new bridge adjacent to the railway bridge, woodland and hedgerow planting, hay meadows, reintroduction of cattle to graze the grasslands and interpretative facilities.
The plan includes: bridges over the estuary; pedestrian links with Newbridge and the village; parking facilities; allotments; look-out towers; a new park on the old baleally landfill on the north side of the estuary; picnic areas;and 8 km of woodland and grassland trails.
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