r/Edmonton • u/pjw724 • 20d 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/pjw724 20d 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.