Legend - Cessnock City Council

Cessnock Skate and BMX Facilities Needs Assessment 2020
Bellbird Freestyle BMX Park
Recommendations
� Maintain and upgrade the existing freestyle BMX dirt jump facility to a District level
facility, in partnership with local BMX riders, with a particular focus on upgrading the
beginner to intermediate sections.
� Undertake regular and ongoing maintenance and repairs to maximise the potential
use of the facility, provide ongoing opportunity for young and inexperienced riders to
enhance their skills, and improve the level of safety.
� Provide extra dirt for the advanced BMX dirt jumps so the local BMX riders can
maintain them at the high quality required for advanced users.
� Maintain the ‘canyon’ style advanced jumps as this deters inexperienced riders from
attempting the jumps.
Turner Park Ramp
Recommendation
� Remove Turner Park ramp due to the safety and public liability issue the facility
presents, associated maintenance costs, and limited use.
Kurri Kurri Skate Park
Recommendations
� Maintain Kurri Kurri Skate Park at a local level facility.
� Repair cracks in the surfaces, particularly at the base of the spine ramp, and gaps in
joins where the two modular quarter pipes meet, and where the two separate
sections of the grind block meet.
� Upgrade and expand through redeveloping the snake run into a contemporary facility
with additional transition and street elements primarily catering for beginner to
intermediate BMX, scooter and skateboarders, while also providing components for
advanced users.
� Include basic amenities: seats for active and passive users, and vandal-proof rubbish
bin(s), and support facilities for parents and young children.
� Address the drainage issue.
� Compliment existing lighting with an additional light at the south eastern section of
the skate park to provide adequate lighting for night time use and to deter after hours
anti-social behaviour.
Greta Skate Park
Recommendations
� Maintain Greta Skate Park in its current location and upgrade and expand with
additional transition and street elements catering for beginner to intermediate BMX,
scoot and skateboarders.
� Expand the quarter pipe and wedge bank concrete platforms to provide more area for
active users to stand whilst waiting for their turn and to prevent erosion around the
obstacles.
� Install seating, a water tap/bubbler, vandal-proof rubbish bin, and shade structure
and/or shade trees.
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