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Congratulations to Jim Richter winner of the $100 Voucher from Blackman Bicycles for his councillor email
Well Done Jim,
I was rapt to get your email, its exactly what we as a group are alooking for to thank councillors and allowthe people in the community to know that we are a legitimate group who are organised and cohesive and able to co-ordinate ourselves to acheive positive outcomes for the environment and the community.
Spend your money well, Nathan Spadaro is your contact at Blackmans, just present at the store and tell him your are there to redeem your voucher, he will assist you with your purchase
Many Thanks
Kingy
BMORC in the Gazette
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cyclists preserve the reserve
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Posted By Paul King, East Blaxland.
Wind back the clock to the emotive atmosphere surrounding the closures of mountain bike tracks in the Lower Mountains, for a time it seemed like the future was bleak with no prospects for riders anywhere in sight.
Then something magical happened, riders realised that living and riding in the Blue Mountains comes with a responsibility that far outweighs any one individuals interest.
So who is coming to the big Council meeting on the 14th Dec?
G'day not long till the big one, looking forward to seeing you all up there, hey if you can please mark your intention to come up by marking the ride calander would love to see all your faces up as intending to attend, fully understand if you can't make ur at the last minute but please mark the ride as attending do we can start getting excited about this huge event!
We shall enjoy a fine ale at the gearins after the meeting I reckon pizza would be goog too!
"Downhill riders' Knapsack track plea" - Blue Mountain's Gazette
Downhill mountain bike riders say a potential route for a new track in Knapsack Reserve will not best serve the community or the environment.
They have asked the council to consider their proposal for an alternative alignment, even though it would make less use of existing trails than one identified during consultation.
Blue Mountains Off Road Cyclists (BMORC) representative Paul King said while the group’s proposal would involve establishing new corridors through bushland, it would produce a better outcome in the long term.
“Our experts [including the International Mountain Biking Association] have told us that the new alignment is the only way that you’re going to have sustainability,” said Mr King.
Exploration of options for a downhill facility began in March when the council closed informal tracks at Mount Riverview and along Old Bathurst Road after a community campaign against the damage being done to the eastern escarpment.
Riders have since been working with the council to develop a legal track, with Knapsack Reserve identified in July as the most suitable location.
Councillors recently commissioned a report examining the new alignment but asked that it be re-assessed using more up-to-date environmental mapping to ensure no endangered ecologies were threatened.
Mr King said the original alignment would require a great deal of work for what could be a negative outcome.
“If we . . . go in there under compromise, what’s going to invariably happen is . . . it’s going to become a highly erosive trail,” he said.
Aside from environmental factors, Mr King said BMORC’s proposed track would be more accessible less experienced riders and would accommodate cross country as well as downhill bikes.
In the event the council opts for the new alignment, Mr King said the group had offered to provide manpower to help regenerate the old walking tracks which he argued were in a degraded state.
The reports relating to the Knapsack Reserve downhill track will come before the council at the December 14 meeting.
Blue Mountains Gazette interviews BMORC for update on Knapsack Reserve
Michael Cleggett one of the respected journalist from the Blue Mountains Gazette has been talking with us about the latest at Knapsack reserve it was an opportunity to give him an overview of the latest developments including the routing of the proposed downhill trail which is on the final stages of approval subject to the latest remapping of EEC and vegetation in the reserve.
As always we are very excited to work with the Gazette they always manage to get to the heart of the story, with time short between now and the next council meeting we welcome the exposure for our cause.
Kingy
Bunnings BMORC BBQ fundraiser
It's on well almost 15th Jannuary, we need to speak to the guys at Western Sydney as we need to be under someones currency coverage for insurance other than that we meet all the neccessary criteria community based not for profit all that
Fiona Creed congratulates BMORC for effort in the Knapsack project
ThIs just in team,
Hi Paul
Can I just congratulate you and your fellow riders for showing such constraint and accepting the council ruling and not riding the other tracks, I trust this will be reflected in how the issues of Knapsack Park are dealt with in the near future which will see the riders have a much better area in which to ride that has the sanction of community and council alike..
Kind regards
Clr Fiona Creed
Open letter to Blue Mountains Councillors
Good Morning Councillors,
On behalf of the residents that make up BMORC we would like to extend our thanks for the opportunity to coloborate with yourselves and council staff regarding the downhill mountain bike tracks at Knapsack Reserve.
We have been offered great support from council staff and councillors in the complicated process to gain accreditation for the works, including the areas of a more complex nature specifically the routing of the downhill tracks which enable them to meet the stringent requirements that will make them sustainable.
Deputy Mayor Mark Greenhill throws support behind new Downhill alignment
Deputy Mayor Mark Greenhill has taken the moral high ground to provide much needed support to BMORC as we endeavour to gain an official endorsement for a new downhill alignment at Knapsack Reserve.
As residents are acutely aware Mark has a passionate attachment to the Eastern Escarpment and his regard for it's ongoing health and longevity is no more clearly evident than the motion he has raised that will be voted on at this weeks council meeting.