CALGARY Bicycle pump tracks located across Calgary are amongst the most popular sites for outdoor recreational activity, but some residents in the southeast community of Inglewood aren’t on board with having one in their neighbourhood. Construction for the new site, which consists of a looped series of rollers, berms and banked turns, is located in a greenspace at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 20th Street S.E. and is set to begin later this summer, with completion set for this fall. The news came as a surprise to local resident Jenny Day, who says the city failed to properly consult Inglewood residents.
Vision of signature city park four decades in the making reduced to storm pond It s a broken promise . . . it just seems unusual that two of the three legacy parks have gone off the rails
Author of the article: Bill Kaufmann
Publishing date: Apr 06, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 5 minute read • From left to right. Brent Piercy, one of the board of directors of the Elbow Valley Community Association, Anil Tahiliani, president of the Discovery Ridge Community Association, and Doug Leighton, director of the Discovery Ridge Community Association, stand in the land that has become a storm water pond instead of a park in Calgary s southwest on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Photo by Dre Kwong/Postmedia