A long-awaited housing development at Rehills in Wicklow now hangs partly on the fate of a proposed bridge over the River Dargle. Wicklow County Council has stated that the cost of building the bridge would have to be carried by whatever housing scheme goes ahead on the site. That position saddles the future development with a heavy upfront bill before ground can even be broken. The bridge is considered necessary infrastructure for opening the Rehills lands to homes, so it cannot simply be dropped from the plan. Serious questions remain about how the site will ultimately be developed and whether the sums still work once the bridge is counted. Local hopes for new housing have been running high for years, which makes the added complication all the more frustrating. Until the funding question is answered, the project stays in limbo and the site stays without the homes many were counting on.