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Almost $60,000 worth of funding has been contributed towards the North Shore Dress Circle Park at Varsity Lakes to assist the installation of a bike education park.
The Queensland Government Local Area Sport and Recreation Plan funding program has contributed $19,000 to the project and Jan Grew Division 11 Councillor has contributed an additional $39,000.
The bike park, to be located in the North Shore Dress Circle Park at Varsity Lakes will play an important role in educating the children of Varsity Lakes and surrounding areas on how to safely use the 20 kilometres of hike and bike trails throughout the community.
The simulated roads and amenities to be included in the project aims to assist riders in learning to negotiate stop and give way signs, traffic lights and pedestrian crossings in safe and friendly surroundings.
The new park installation will benefit more than 500 school students who ride to and from school at Varsity College each day.
Councillor Jan Grew said that the Gold Coast City Council initiated the project and will undertake the necessary works to complete the project.
“The bike education park is aimed to help younger children and early primary school children,” Councillor Grew said.
“We wanted to provide a new facility within a large park to provide children in the community with an area for fun activities.
“This type of bike education has been a success elsewhere by including activities where parents can interact with children and learn to ride bikes safely by abiding by bike rules and creating a training scenario for the children,” she said.
With 56 hectares of open space and 20km of bike and hike trails, the bike education park is a positive addition to the Varsity Lakes community.
Upon completion Varsity Lakes will comprise 3,000 homes, more than 343 hectares and up to 100,000-square metres of commercial space in town centre Varsity Central. It will become home to 7,800 residents and 4,500 employees.
Varsity Lakes is being developed by Delfin Lend Lease, Australia’s largest developer of master planned communities, with 24 projects nationally.
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