The pavement outside Stapolin Educate Together hasn’t yet been taken in charge by Fingal County Council.
A council plan to run a survey to see if that’s what area residents really want the building used for appears to have fallen apart.
To keep attendance down, they’re avoiding advertising. To keep the budget under control, they’ve made some cuts.
The Broadmeadow Greenway is designed to stretch across the estuary, connecting the two towns.
“It’s important for residents to know, for the business, and for the credibility of the planning system, so we’re clear a loophole is not developing in terms of planning.”
This isn’t viable, so another use for the site will have to be found, a council official said.
The redesign has proven to be more complex than originally considered due to the matter of land ownership, a council official told them.
“There was a fear, I think amongst people, that if you provide additional playgrounds in the area that they act as magnets to anti-social behaviour.”
But at a recent meeting, Fine Gael Councillor Kieran Dennison said he was concerned the council was moving too slowly.
“These motocross bikes are going up and down the streets outside their houses because normally they'd have somewhere to go, now they've nowhere to go.”
The county’s joint policing committee was stood down last June, but the new local community safety partnerships aren’t up and running yet to replace it.
The 200-page document recommends what facilities should be put in what areas of the county.
