A temporary pop-up pump track at Red Beach park was installed ahead of Auckland Council’s public consultation on bike riding facilities for the Hibiscus Coast. Hibiscus and Bays Local Board chair Alexis Poppelbaum encourages the public to visit the track which will remain in Red Beach until April 25 next year. It is designed for people to ride around on bikes, scooters and skateboards.
“We have funding in our work programme to deliver a permanent track in the Hibiscus Coast and in the East Coast Bays soon,” Poppelbaum said. The track was proposed to the local board earlier this year, by two Red Beach dads, Nick Humphreys and Niel Smit. Their idea was to provide more options for riders on the coast and alleviate the pressure on Ōrewa skate park At the time, the board confirmed that funding had already been earmarked to build a local pump track.
The modular pump track at Red Beach is 65 lineal metres and can be configured in three different ways. Being made up of different pieces means the council can move it between neighbourhoods for Aucklanders to experience bike riding and ‘wheeled play’ options. Until March this year, it was at Metro Park East in Millwater.
The council consultation seeks input on options including bike pump tracks, jump parks, mountain bike trails, learn-to-ride paths, scooter riding, skateboarding, surf-skating, roller skating, and other wheeled activities. Though it states that additional skate parks are not being considered. Hibiscus Coast r.
