Redlands Motocycle Club seeks land for a new Motocross track
Posted on July 15, 2008
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Redland City Council will consider council-owned and private land in its search to identify a potential site to build a motocross track in the Redland shire with officers expected to report on their progress by the end of the year. The newly formed Redlands District Motorcycle Club called for action in January because a cloud hung over the future of the nearest legal riding sites in Wynnum (Fort Lytton Motocross club) and Yatala. A recently opened track has also been set up in the Chandler velodrome but its future is uncertain.
The move is already under attack from councillors warning an official site would not prevent people from riding illegally in parks and bushland. Other councilors sounded alarm over noise impacts, saying they doubted a suitable site could be found away from residents. Redland City Council officers said 181 complaints had been lodged about illegal riding activity in public parks and reserves over the past 12 months.
The first step in controlling illegal riding activity would be to provide suitable facilities, giving enthusiasts the opportunity to participate in the sport legally. This would also reduce the risk of serious injury by vigilantes taking matters into their on hands and lacing popular riding trails with spikes and barbed wire.
“It’s actually time for some action,” senior planning adviser Angela Wright said last week. Division 4 Councillor Peter Dowling backed the investigation, saying illegal riding created “significant” safety issues. A report said the council would firstly investigate industrial areas, chicken farms, quarries, enterprise development areas, some council-owned bushland, and Redland Water and Waste land set aside for future waste transfer stations.
Division 7 Councilor Murray Elliott said the Redlands was a residential area and he could not think of a place that was far enough away from people’s homes.
Well Murray, did you hear me riding on the weekend?
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as a fellow rider/racer i personally think councils are at fault here by approving the the development of housing estates diectly accross the road of a motorsport club ie.yatala(stanmore) and ready creek on the gold coast both of these clubs have been in these locations for over thirty years its not fair they should have to move if you dont like the noise then dont live there its that SIMPLE. also both these clubs are in the goldcoast shire,greedy much councilall you want is more money from rate payers and if its noise your all worried about every bike that competes has to be within the deceble levels set by the government anyway so if you think a race bike is to loud then complain to the government not the council they dont set the rules our piss ant government does. AND THATS WHAT I THINK