26/05/2022
From The Glenrock Trail Alliance.
Rain has certainly taken its toll on Glenrock, coupled with internal delays within the NPWS it’s been the perfect storm, literally!
Well it’s been a long wait but things are finally starting to happen.
The NPWS have committed to a full rebuild on High Roller MTB trail – Starting May 30, weather permitting.
This is awesome news & I know people are probably expecting more to be happening by now. Well there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.
Since the government grant announcement in December it seems the closer we get to real progress the more hurdles pop up.
NPWS haven’t made an official announcement yet.
The 600K is a great and will go a long way to getting trails rebuilt - the plan is to eventually rebuild every MTB trail to a higher, more sustainable standard.
But before we can get onto the actual trail work the NPWS has a lot of things to get in order.
With such a big project there will be impacts on other assets and users of the park. This means that the Plan of Management (POM) needs to be updated, It is nearly complete but things move slowly.
Next is the upgraded Cycling Policy, It’s 99% finished but still held up internally.
The requirements are the audit of all heritage and artifacts within the park, this includes European heritage as well as Aboriginal. The new standard is very comprehensive and is taking a long time to complete – but it is nearly done.
So a portion of the grant money is being used to help complete all those important factors and set us up for the long term.
High Roller is one of the few trails that has all its ducks in a row so it’s the next priority.
This is just the start, and hopefully work on the rest of the park will ramp up soon.
This has been such a long time coming.
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