Draft Tasmanian Mountain Bike Plan Released for Public Comment
Sport
and Recreation Tasmania has released a Draft Tasmanian Mountain Bike
Plan for public comment. Individuals and organisations wishing to
provide comment on the Draft Mountain Bike Plan have until 11 October
2009 to provide their submissions.
The draft Tasmanian
Mountain Bike Plan aims to provide a framework for the coordinated
development, management and marketing of mountain bike opportunities in
Tasmania.
The Draft Tasmanian Mountain Bike Plan is comprised of two documents:
Main Plan [PDF 6.6 MB, 143 pages]
Main Plan (Reduced Quality) [PDF 3 MB, 143 pages]
Attachments [PDF 1 MB, 45 pages]
In addition to these documents, the summary in the Main Plan has been extracted and included here as a separate PDF:
Summary [PDF 500 KB, 12 pages]
The
Summary provides a brief outline of the background to the plan, an
overview of the findings from the inventory of trails and facilities
for mountain biking in Tasmania, the key findings from community
consultations, a vision for mountain biking in Tasmania and 50
recommended actions under 12 key future directions.
Individuals wishing to provide comment on the Draft Mountain Bike Plan should e-mail the consultants preparing the plan at <info@inspiringplace.com.au> or write to Tasmanian Mountain Bike Plan, Inspiring Place, 208b Collins St, Hobart 7000, by 11 October 2009.
The Project
Sport
and Recreation Tasmania recently engaged consultants from Inspiring
Place to develop a state mountain bike plan for Tasmania. The plan,
which is expected to be released in August 2009, will provide a
framework for the coordinated development and marketing of mountain
bike opportunities in Tasmania.
Context
The Trails Tasmania Strategy was released by the State Government in December 2007. The Trails Tasmania Strategy recognised the strong and growing demand for mountain biking trails and identified a lack of provision to meet current demand, particularly for mountain biking trails and facilities close to where people live. The Trails Tasmania Strategy recommended the development of a state mountain bike plan and presented several strategies directly related to mountain biking.
The State
Government committed $4 million in the 2008/09 state budget to support
tracks, trails and city bikeways. Sport and Recreation Tasmania has
allocated a portion of this funding to the development of this mountain
bike plan.
Project Steering Committee
Sport and Recreation Tasmania will act as the lead agency and project manager. A steering committee for the project has been established with the following representatives:
Community and Land Manager Forums
Three community forums and three land manager forums were recently conducted for the Tasmanian Mountain Bike Plan. Over 170 mountain bike riders and over 40 land managers attended the forums held in the three regions of Tasmania. The number of participants at each forum is provided below.
Survey
In addition to the community forums, members of the public had the
opportunity to provide input into the plan through an online survey,
which was available on this site during June and early July.
568 completed surveys were received, with some of the initial results below:
South
North
Northwest
• The 4 most popular attributes for great mountain bike riding experiences were:
The two Winners of the National Parks Passes, drawn by the Minister for Sport and Recreation, were
More Information
Further information on the project, can be found in the Tasmanian Mountain Bike Plan Project Outline (Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 300KB).
The following links provide useful background to the project:
Mountain Biking in Tasmania (Adobe PDF, 18 pages, 1MB)
Mountain Bike Tourism Market Profile for Tasmania
Alternatively, please contact the Project Manager:
Keith Ryan
Phone: (03)6336 2011
Email: Keith.Ryan@development.tas.gov.au
Last Updated
This Tasmanian Mountain Bike Plan web page was last updated on 14 September 2009.
