Road Circuit / BMX track Rhyl

dsmiff

All,

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/RhylCC/

Please can you help? The club my son belongs to has been trying to get a traffic free venue for running cycling events, coaching etc. They have no venue locally and have to travel to Manchester, Liverpool and the Midlands to get to any events.

This is especially difficult for the children as the only experience they get of riding in a group is when they get to an event.

Jon Harland has been taking a bus of local youngsters to these events and has been trying hard to get a cycling facility set-up locally. A venue in Colwyn Bay fell though last year - see article here:

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/01/08/rhyl-cycling-club-memorial-snubbed-55578-20323203/

Please can as many people as possible sign the petition it will help support the case they are trying to build.

The circuits I have traveled too seem to have fantastic local support and I would expect the facility in Rhyl to be no different.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/RhylCC/


Thanks

Dave

downfader

I've signed, great idea. 8)

dsmiff

Just an update on this:

Deputy Minister announces £500,000 for Rhyl cycling facility

The project to build the Marsh Tracks cycling facility in Rhyl has been awarded £500,000 of funding from the Welsh Assembly Government, Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration Jocelyn Davies announced today (Thursday April 8th). The funding completes a £1 million package and means that building work can start immediately, with completion of the first phase expected by July.

The facility will make use of a disused landfill site on Marsh Road in Rhyl. It will consist of a road cycling track; a national standard BMX track; a club house with café, changing facilities, shop and meeting room; storage facilities; spectator viewing areas, and event camping. The site will also include biodiversity areas at the centre of the track and around the perimeter and will contribute to the regeneration of the Marsh road area.

As well as contributing the physical and environmental regeneration of the area, Marsh Tracks will also provide opportunities for young people, particularly those from deprived areas, to take part in sport at a low cost and programmes run at the site will link to schools, the wider community and tourism. The venue will also be used for other sports such as running, hand cycling and Nordic skiing.

The Welsh Assembly Government’s contribution to the scheme will be matched with funding of £250,000 from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, £250,000 from WREN (Waste Recycling Environmental) and funding and support from Denbighshire County Council who will project manage the construction scheme

The Deputy Minister said: “I am delighted to announce funding for this excellent project. The Marsh Tracks North Wales Cycle Centre offers everything that a good regeneration project should. It will improve a run-down area both physically and environmentally; provide local jobs and training opportunities during and after construction; give the local community a valuable leisure facility and attract tourists to the area.

“Best of all, it has been born of the local community recognising a need and taking steps to address it and this is when regeneration works best. I wish Glan Morfa Cycling Association the very best of luck with their venture and look forward to seeing the finished product.”

Jon Harland, Marsh Tracks Company Secretary said: “There are many people to thank for us getting to this stage, from our architectural draughtsman Paul Crabbe who drew up our original ideas into coherent plan form, to the late Cliff Prout MBE, who was instrumental in helping us get on the funding road before his sad passing in September last year. A significant financial contribution was made by Rhyl Cycling Club Memorial Fund, and this enabled us to ‘unlock’ funding from WREN as the first successful funding bid. This latest funding from the Welsh Assembly Government is the boost we needed to put us on track to deliver this exciting project.

“We now have the opportunity in Rhyl to capitalise on a golden age for cycling and cycle sport in the UK, and opening it up to the masses in a traffic-free environment. As a not-for-profit company we will be running a viable and vibrant facility at no profit to individuals that could be open for business before the end of 2010.”

Steve Parker, Denbighshire's Head of Environmental Services, said: "This is an ambitious scheme that will provide much needed facilities for the local community and the cycling facility is one of a number of key projects on-going as part of Rhyl's regeneration.

“Consultation with local groups and residents has been key to this project getting off the ground and the fact that work can now begin demonstrates the clear partnership working that exists between all those involved in the scheme. The council looks forward to managing the construction of the site and seeing the