Alcoa continues to support a smooth transition for Anglesea Bike Park

In line with its commitment to ensure a smooth transition to a new location for the Anglesea Bike Park, Alcoa has offered the Surf Coast Shire an 18-month lease extension, to June 2020, on the land currently hosting the park.

Alcoa’s Anglesea Asset Manager Warren Sharp said extending the lease would provide the community certainty about the bike park in the near term and allow further time for consideration of the options for the park’s future location.

“We understand the bike park is a highly valued community asset and want it to remain as an important part of Anglesea’s social fabric long into the future,” Mr Sharp said.

“We maintain that the best way for this to happen is for the bike park to be located on public property which provides greater long-term certainty and the opportunity for future improvements and expansion. This is reflected in the Alcoa Freehold Concept Master Plan published in March 2018.”

Mr Sharp said Alcoa was reviewing recent analysis undertaken by the Surf Coast Council on possible alternate locations for the bike park, including on two other sites on Alcoa freehold land, together with the recently released Anglesea Futures Land Use Framework Plan.

Alcoa and the Anglesea Bike Park have a long and successful history of partnership. In 2006 Alcoa supported the establishment of the bike park on Alcoa freehold land in Camp Road following the closure of the local BMX track. This included funding the design and construction of the mountain cross 4 X track.

Since then Alcoa has leased the one hectare of land to the Surf Coast Shire, at no cost, to host the bike park.