$500,000 BMX pump track takes shape in Launceston (11/12/24)

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The City of Launceston's $500,000 BMX pump track is taking shape near Riverbend Park, with works expected to be complete by early next year. Video by Aaron Smith (11/12/24)

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00:00Sorry, do you mind telling us where we are at the moment, Mayor Garland?

00:02So down here we are really looking to cap off the Riverbend Park precinct.

00:07So we're on what some people are calling the wrong side of the levee wall right near the

00:11Kalamalookatay Morestry here, and yeah, looking at how this pump track has gone from a gravel

00:17sort of unutilised car parking space for overflow into something that's going to serve our community

00:22for decades to come.

00:24So weather prevailing and being good weather throughout this time of year, we're looking

00:27to be completed around late January, early February perhaps.

00:32This pump track has been constructed to provide those opportunities for whether it's intermediate

00:38or those who are more experienced doing the jumps that we've been able to have a look

00:43at today, but there's also the beginner section over on the closer part to the boathouse there

00:47as well.

00:48So it really does cater to any levels of experience.

00:53I think it's a really great initiative and really great dollar value for getting people

00:57out and about, getting them to enjoy our spaces, particularly down here as we look at such

01:02a pristine part of our municipality.

01:05The cost of living and the social and economical issues that our community is facing, this

01:10is another opportunity, it's something that's free, it's something that's offered, it gets

01:14kids off the iPads, it gets adults out with their families and it's really looking to

01:18be that capping off point of the Riverbend precinct.

01:21It's connected to not only the seaport but also down to Royal Park there as well, so

01:26it's a nice little loop.

01:28And Royal Park's where the upgraded skate park's going, is that correct?

01:31Yeah, so another community-led initiative with a lot of community consultation looking

01:35at the design periods of that's now done, so we'll be looking to go out to tender for

01:39that next year.

01:40And again, it's really about trying to bring offerings to not just people that know how

01:44to use stuff, but people that want to learn that beginner, that family-orientated, family-friendly

01:49vibe.

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