| Pond revamp proposed for St Anne’s |
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| Thursday, 02 October 2008 | |
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DUBLIN City Council has revealed plans for a major facelift of part of St Anne’s Park in Raheny. The council plan to redevelop the feature areas of the old rockery and pond in the park. The area was developed in the early ‘70s but while the rockery section worked well for a number of years the council say the pond had basic design problems which have undermined the feature both from an amenity and ecological viewpoint. “The rockery comprised of large boulders set into the ground with a series of stepped pathways has gradually become a public safety problem,” said senior parks superintendent, Eoin Ward. Mr Ward added that the rockery concept itself is no longer considered a suitable or appropriate feature for this area of the park. The pond was constructed of puddle clay and Mr Ward says it never had the depth or flow-through of water to enable it to work effectively. “Shallow ponds warm up in summer which encourages undesirable algae and aquatic plant growth,” he said. “Over the past decade or so the pond has become choked each summer with these growths, thereby presenting a poor visual image.” The council propose to redevelop the pond area as a high quality amenity lawn with tree planting and a variety of floral displays. This will entail filling in the pond and diverting the current water supply to its former watercourse which discharges into the south lagoon underneath the James Larkin Road. Mr Ward said the rockery area would be dismantled and re-contoured to merge with adjoining park areas while maintaining the existing badger sett area. Badgers are a protected species and cannot be the subject of interference. “The most elevated area of the existing rockery presents outstanding views over the south lagoon of Bull Island and onto the Dublin/Wicklow mountains,” said Mr Ward. “It is proposed to develop a seating and viewing area at this location to exploit such views.” Subject to local councillors on the North Central Area Committee approving these improvements it is hoped that the work can be undertaken over the next six to nine months by the council’s own park staff. |
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