Green Party NI's Aine Groogan and some locals have urged the team behind the plan to take their concerns onboard
A Belfast councillor has raised concerns that the second pathway planned for the Lagan Gateway Project will be too close to the river.
Ms Groogan added: "I have some concerns that the first section of the pathway is needlessly close to the river and disrupts too much wildlife & biodiversity. Colin Shaw from Save Our Lagan attended the information event. He said the "common concern is the impact on the river of the type of path and its route".
He also raised questions about how the greenway, which could funnel commuter traffic, could impact the area for pedestrians and what effects it could have on wildlife. Save Our Lagan's Sue-Ann Harding also said people at the public information event "insisted the proposed path be kept far away from the riverbank".
She added that people don't want the proposed path to skirt around the edge of the spoil heaps but rather, they want to see the path used to rewild and re-orchard the area affected.
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