 As a side effect, the weir also reduced the volume of water available to the local market gardeners, and over many years that aspect of the region disappeared.While the route to the falls from Eagle on the Hill was on public land, the alternative route along the gully was through private properties.Nevertheless, many visitors chose this route, and a combination of public demand and a desire from some of the landowners for improved access to and from their properties—especially from the Mügge family—led to pressure to build a road through the gully.