ABRUPT DISCONTINUATION OF WALK AND CYCLE PATH ON THE BRIDE TRIBUTARY

THERE IS A MINIMUM OF GREEN SPACES SET ASIDE IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY FOR WALKING AND CLEARING YOUR HEAD, WHEN YOU COMPARE WHAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LEE YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW THIS APPARENT INEQUALITY COULD BE UNNOTICED BY CITY COUNCILLORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LEE.

THE PLANS FOR THE AREA AROUND THE GLENAMOUGHT TRIBUTARY ARE GOING TO CREATE ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR THE COUNCIL LONGTERM WHICH WILL COST A FORTUNE TO REMEDIATE AS HAS FARANREE AND OTHER AREA OF THE CITY WHERE NO CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO PROVIDING FACILITIES TO MATCH THE RATE OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE RECOGNISED NEED THAT COMMUNITITES NEED PLACES TO WALK AND PLAY IN SAFETY WHILE HAVING AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THEIR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AND APPRECIATE THE NATURAL HERITAGE BEFORE IT IS GONE. 

RECENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA HAVE DESTROYED INNUMERABLE TREES AND CLEARED SCRUB AND UNDERGROWTH HOME TO NESTING BIRDS AND SMALL MAMMALS, NOT TO MIND NUMEROUS INSECTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS. THIS ACTIVITY INCREASES THE RISK OF RUN-OFF AND CONTRIBUTES TO SEDIMENTATION OF THE LOCAL STREAMS AND THE RISK OF POLLUTION OF THOSE STREAMS. IN TURN THIS PUTS THE BRIDE AT RISK OF CREATING FLOODS IN THE BLACKPOOL AREA AND THHOUGHT THE LOCALITY. THE WATER TABLE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE SURFACE IN THIS AREA, SO WATER CANNOT SEEP AWAY TO ANY SIGNIFICANT DEPTH.

ANY DUE DIGILENCE BY CITY COUNCILLORS WOULD HAVE PROVIDED SUFFICIENT INFORMATIOM THAT THE AREA AROUND THE GLENNAMOUGHT TRIBUTARY AND THE UPPER AREA AROUND MURPHY'S ROCK IS NOT GEOLOGICALLY SUITABLE FOR SUCH SIGNIFICANT VOLUMES OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. IT'S THE LAST LUNG FOR THE AREA AND IT'S CURRENT COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE MANY THOUSANDS OF SCOUTS WHO COME TO THE AREA TO CAMP EACH YEAR.