2019-03-12 S&O Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports

Regional Facilities Plan for Difficult to Locate Sports (including Implementation Priorities) (Final Draft – February 2019)




                          Regional Facility Plan                                                    Implementation priorities
                           Recommendations                                                           (short, medium, long11)
                                                               Motor Cycling Sports
         8. Continue short-medium term operation of the Coolum                   Short-term
             Pines Motocross facility while Economic Development                 a. Advocate to Economic Development Qld (EDQ), part of
             Qld (EDQ) continues to support the Suncoast Junior                     the Department of State Development, Manufacturing,
             Motorcycle Club by offering tenure until the land is                   Infrastructure and Planning (DSDMIP) to extend the
             required for development for appropriate industrial                    lease/ offer a new lease to Suncoast Junior Motorcycle
             purposes. During this period, and while the Coolum                     Club until the land is required for industrial
             Pines motocross facility remains, it should be                         development.
             considered the regional facility.                                   b. Continue to implement the Conondale Memorial
         9. Continue to investigate alternative sites for the                       Recreation Park Master Plan to support improved
             development of a regional motocross facility that                      motor cycling/ community facilities, including support
             is minimum 40ha (including relocation of Suncoast                      for Sunshine Coast Motorcycling Club to improve and
             Junior Motorcycle Club); sites within or adjacent to                   develop the trail aspects of their facilities.
             the Inter-urban Break could prove suitable.
         10. Motor cycling trails on private land adjacent to
                                                                                 Medium-term
             Conondale Memorial Recreation Reserve and
             the facilities under the control of the club are                    c. Program the detailed investigation and acquisition
             recommended as the potential regional facility for                     of an alternative site for a regional motocross
             trails, trials and enduro disciplines and the Sunshine                 competition facility and relocation for the Suncoast
             Coast Motorcycle Club is supported to deliver the                      Junior Motorcycle Club.
             approved development and improvements to their                      d. Continue to advocate to and work with the State
             facility.                                                              Government to identify and investigate options for
         11. Further facility development to accommodate                            the development of “Northern SEQ” recreational riding
             recreational riding as well as longer distance trail                   site.
             competition events will continue to be problematic.                 e. Work with Motorcycling Queensland with a view to
             Investigations into a potential “Northern SEQ”                         sanctioning existing go-kart tracks for junior motor
             recreational riding site should remain a responsibility                cycle road racing.
             of the State government, Councils and potential
             private interests. Identification of a potential mixed              Long-term
             tenure route for event (permit) purposes only, requires             f. In the event that planning, investigations and design
             a dedicated study that is warranted when such an                       are commenced for a new motor racing precinct in the
             event is proposed and the study should be driven by                    Inter-urban Break (IUB), capability for motor cycle road
             the sport or event proponent.                                          racing is to be included.
         12. Motor cycle road racing needs would not, on their
             own, warrant a new road (motor cycle) facility to
             service the study area. The recommended long-
             term approach is to include race track capability at
             the proposed motor sports precinct planned for
             the Inter-urban Break. In the short to medium term
             supplement the available capacity of Lakeside with
             potential shared use of the Cooloola Coast Kart Club
             go-kart tracks for junior motor cycle road racing.




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         Short = within 1 to 3 years; Medium = within 4 to 10 years; Long = within 11 to 20 years


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