Ashbourne
With Ashbourne being the second largest town in County Meath, it is an absolute disgrace that we do not have a community park for our residents. The lack of public spaces in Ashbourne was highlighted during COVID especially when we were limited to stay within our 5km. During this time there was no large public accessible green space for our community to avail of.
You cannot class our local Clubs: GAA Club, Rugby Club, Golf Club & soccer clubs etc. as designated green spaces for our town , these are member clubs only and not public spaces.
Independent research conducted by Future Analytics determined that Ashbourne needs a minimum of 80 acres to address the historical and current shortfall in public greenspace. This is not our opinion this is fact.
The current 80 acress identified for rezoning as the public park is a perfect location. It is 1.5 km walking distance from almost all houses in the town. The extensive assessment work done six years ago locally and potenial lands were explored. To re-commence a process already exhausted would be a poor use of public resources and a severe delay for the expanding community in getting the greenspace that we so badly need.