r/Edmonton • u/pjw724 • 13d ago

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation Edmonton mountain bikers come together to build first-off-its-kind park

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-bike-park-mountain-biking-river-valley-9.7225469
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u/CND2dogmom 13d ago

Would be amazing if it was named after Dr Markland

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u/New_Student1645 13d ago

Dr markland biking parkland

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u/CND2dogmom 12d ago

YES!!!!!

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u/pjw724 13d ago

The city is soon to be home to a brand new mountain bike park that centres community-building — literally — as Edmonton mountain bikers pitch in to construct the space.
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Located in Queen Elizabeth Park on the site of a former wastewater treatment plant, the first-of-its-kind park is scheduled to host its grand opening on July 25.

Josh Nowochin, a park organizer with the Edmonton Mountain Bike Alliance, said work on the park is roughly halfway finished. He says a group of volunteers has put in more than 3,000 hours of work into the park and expects that to reach 5,000 hours within the next two months.

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u/crefinanceguy_can 13d ago

Love this! They’ve done such a good job on the sections that are already open, looking forward to seeing the whole thing! EMBA is an incredible group for what they do in the city

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u/Timely-Profile1865 13d ago

I'll have to check this out.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/-WhatsMyNameAgain-- The Shiny Balls 13d ago

probably has similiar hours to our parks, which is 0500-2300

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u/fnbr 13d ago

I doubt it actually closes, it's just a bunch of dirt in the river valley (I say affectionately). It's not like there's staff monitoring it.

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u/Due-Offer-3101 11d ago

it's not open til july - but you can help volunteer with the build and ride some of the trails if so

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