COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, March 25, 2024

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor P. Holohan

"Would SDCC consider a Gruffalo trail in Watergate park in line with attracting tourism?"

REPLY:

The Council has no plans to install a Gruffalo trail in Watergate Park at this time. In line with our Park Management Plan the Council has implemented numerous improvements to date enhance the visitor experience, local tourism, aesthetics of the park and biodiversity. These include the development of an all-weather pitch, a MUGA, playground refurbishment, sensory planting, additional seating, a 'fairy garden,' wooden sculptures, bridge painting, railing updates, long and short meadows for pollinators/biodiversity, bike parking, and pollinator bulb planting, tree planting (phase 1 & 2), hedge planting (phase 2), removal of vegetation at the rear of Cill Cais which was facilitating anti-social behaviour, drainage works due to flooding and planting of roundabout at Oldbawn Community School.

Future Park developments will include the construction of a dog run (included in the improvement works programme), a teen space, more perennial planting as well as bench and bin replacements as needed.