The park's mines closed in the 1900s, but the leete path, one of the main trails through the park, follows the route of a former mine working watercourse.
"This was a major road slippage on a part of the A708 that is challenging to work on due to its proximity to the adjacent watercourse and its remote location, " she said.
The LAM demonstrates, in a concrete way, how water law and science need to interact in order to provide transboundary watercourse States with the guidance necessary to devise an effective national water policy.
"The public park will be the first to be developed in Newport for several years and will be linked to the first phase of homes via pedestrian bridges crossing a watercourse, " said Mr Alexander.