BMX pump track could replace pitch and putt near one of Lancashire's best-known picnic spots
The council has already spent £100,000 on a similar pump track in Longridge.
A new pump track for cyclists could soon replace a former pitch and putt facility at a Lancashire beauty spot.
Ribble Valley Borough Council (RVBC) is asking its own planning department for permission for the development within the existing open grassed area at Edisford Bridge Picnic Area, Clitheroe.
It is belived that the £100,000 funding for the project is coming from the council’s UKSPF ( UK Shared Prosperity Fund) grant.
The site forms part of the wider Edisford Bridge recreational area, a well-used public destination comprising picnic facilities, riverside access, informal open space, and established walking routes. They sau the site benefits from “strong ecological and recreational connectivity through the wider green infrastructure network, including links to the Ribble Way public footpath.”
What is a pump track?
A pump track is a circuit of rollers, banked turns and features designed to be ridden completely by riders "pumping" - generating momentum by up and down body movements, instead of pedalling or pushing.
What would it be like?
The proposed track is to be up to 145m in length with a fluid series of rolling features of variable height (from 0.4m – 1.3m in height) along each of the straights. The rest and connection areas are to be a maximum of 1.5m in height.
The surface course is a bespoke recipe single pass asphalt, designed specifically for pump tracks and only found on Velosolutions tracks. A planning statement says: “The asphalt mix provides an ultra-smooth, maintenance free surface offers a high level of grip which has the ability to hold on the steep berm slopes.”
No lighting is proposed within this development and the site is to be accessed from Edisford Road.
A decision will be made in coming weeks by planning bosses at RVBC.
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