From a handout I received when I was given a tour last summer
(for an article I was about the Middle River area for a regional magazine):

"At completion of the dredged material placement operation [2009], the
facility will be turned over to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
for development as a passive recreational/wildlife habitat area."

 From another handout: "The project is consistent with long-term 
recreational goals,
such as bird watching and other passive recreational uses."

Although my tour guides were not specific about what activities 
besides birding are considered
"passive recreation," I got the impression that some trails and 
boardwalks would be made
available. I did not hear anything about how people would get to the island
except by their own boat.

I am a boater so I don't want to sound snobby, but if there's access from the
state park side, I worry about finding trash, beer cans, used condoms, and
other debris, and I worry about people going off the trails. 
(Although if the fly and midge
populations remain healthy, then that may not be much of a problem!) I hope
they can strike a balance between making the island less difficult 
for birders--
observation platforms, a few toilets, some shaded benches--but if they make
it too inviting and accessible the wildlife may suffer.

FYI, the South Cell consists of 180 acres of wetlands, 110 acres of 
upland grasses,
1 acre of tidal wetlands, 2 ponds, and a 1-acre Least Tern nesting island.

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato