Retention pond to be transformed into bike track
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A mountain bike/BMX track will be a local venue for the 2017 Canada Summer Games and could become a permanent facility for public use.
City officials Friday confirmed a lease agreement for a storm retention pond site near Fort Whyte Alive, which the local Canada Games hosting committee will transform into the mountain bike/BMX venue.
Officials with the local Games hosting committee described the new venue as a 10-kilometre track, with a series of inter-connecting trails, jumps and trick apparatus.
“It’s an opportunity to develop a significant legacy once the Games are over,” Jeff Hnatiuk, CEO of the 2017 Canada Summer Games, told the property and development committee.
Hnatiuk said the Games organizers hope to find a local partner to assume responsibility for maintenance and operation of the venue following the summer games.
The Games’ mountain bike venue was originally planned for Falcon Lake but moved to Winnipeg when the provincial cycling association recommended the city-owned storm retention pond, northeast of Fort Whyte Alive property.
The track is being designed to comply with the necessary difficulty needed for the Games but will include a series of interconnecting trails with varying degrees of difficulty suitable for general public.
The committee was told that it’s hoped the continued operation of the site after the summer games will be assumed by Fort Whyte Alive and the Manitoba Cycling Association as a year-round facility but that partnership hasn’t been finalized.
