Railway Park and Ballysaggart Lough – Feasibility Study
Client: Mid Ulster District Council
The Challenge
To prepare a Feasibility/Business Plan for the proposed continued development of Railway Park and Ballysaggart Lough linking them as passive leisure/recreational resources, taking advantage of the proximity of the current facilities.
The Role
We undertook the delivery of the following components:
Strategic Context – undertake an examination of how Railway Park and Ballysaggart Lough development proposal contributions to local and national policies.
Assessment of Need – including:
Assessment of the quality of existing visitor experiences and services
Collaboration of findings of public consultation previously undertaken by Council – this included public meetings, one-to-one consultation and questionnaire
One-to-one consultation with Key Council and Community Stakeholder to ensure current development proposals are meeting the need.
Benchmarking of similar projects to identify potential for success.
Investigation into the extension of the current Railway Park proposal to provide a greenway link to Ballysaggart Lough – this should include:
Concept Trail Design
Identification of innovative options to enhance the visitor experience
Identification of risks and constraints to delivery of the recommended outputs from the feasibility stage
Identification of indicative capital costs for development and/or upgrading of infrastructure / visitor services
Identification of ongoing revenue costs associated to management structures, staffing and maintenance
Identification of potential funding opportunities and lead on the workup of a DRAFT APPLICATION to submission stage.