Q. My wife and I have long enjoyed the walk down the steps at the end of St Stephen's Ave and round through the Parnell Baths and up through the Rose Gardens park.
In the past this walkway has occasionally been closed to the public overnight, but for a long time now it has always been open - that is until work started on the new waterfront bridge.
I was delighted to find the new baths access walkway was at last finished and that I could do the walk through the baths again. I took my wife back on Tuesday evening to enjoy it with me, only to find that we were prevented from using it by a padlocked gate. It was hardly late at night, just past 5pm as I remember.
Are the public going to be allowed to use it or was this only done for the benefit of baths' customers? Peter Wakeman, Parnell.
The walkway was opened in mid-October. Initially there were some hold-ups getting a certificate of public use, as well as changes to the security system at the pools. All hold-ups have been resolved and the walkway will now be locked every night at 10pm and opened every morning at 5.30am. The council apologises for any inconvenience the hold-ups caused.
