Auckland's Price Road Motocross Track gets the green lightThe reference for that story was http://www.moto-media.net/?id=3045 Carl has long been waiting on the Auckland SuperCity to build and run a Motocross Track at Colin Dale Park on 10 acres at Price’s Road, Puhinui - just 10 minutes south/east of the Auckland International Airport. The original deal was done with Manukau City but the Resource Consent has been held up due to the 8 Council’s merger into one SuperCity. Other sports in the assigned park are KartSport, BMX, Off-Road Racing, Jet Sprinting and Radio Controlled vehicles. As a background, Colin Dale was a long-serving Manukau City Manager and in 2003 he and the then Mayor Sir Barry Curtis ear-marked the $4 million plus plus purchase as a dedicated motorsport venue.  This year it got going again, including Resource Consent and sub-leases to approved operators. Then SuperCity Mayor Len Brown, put all 'special projects' on hold when the budget pressures came on. In steps the Otara-Papatoetoe Board who has released the funding to call for immediate tenders for the basic earthworks and infrastructure. This is all good news for Motocross and Carl, himself a skilled track builder with all the right earthmoving equipment, will ultimately have a 7 days a week facility. The KartSport site is where Ardmore MX's John Cobb ran a hugely successful 'open terrain' event several years ago. Kartsport have big plans and importantly, the funds to build a multi-track complex of a 1500m main track, a second 800m club track and a 600m hire kart track, each able to run independently of the other at the same time. |