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Last Updated: Monday, 01 July 2024 16:22

We've developed a master plan (the Escarpment Mountain Bike Masterplan) in collaboration with the Lockyer Valley Regional Council to guide the future of mountain biking along the Range escarpment.

The master plan identifies opportunities to create new trails, improve existing trails and to develop the necessary infrastructure to support mountain biking into the future. Implementation of the master plan will enable Toowoomba to become a nationally significant mountain biking destination.

We undertook a significant review of trail options and consultation when developing the master plan to ensure community needs and participation trends were identified and responded to. Striking a good balance between recreational and environmental needs was prioritised during this process given the significance and importance of the escarpment bushland parks. Accordingly, investigation of environmental and cultural heritage values were considered in the development of the master plan and will continue to be investigated and explored in greater detail as the plan is implemented.

The Escarpment Mountain Bike Masterplan was endorsed at an Ordinary Meeting of Council in December 2019. We made a further decision at the Ordinary Meeting on 23 June 2022 to not support additional mountain bike trails in Redwood Park, but to instead investigate alternative route opportunities to provide trail linkage to Withcott and to ensure the future development of a nationally significant trail network.

More recently, we made a decision at the Ordinary Meeting on 28 May 2024 to continue to investigate potential use of Prince Henry Drive Park for mountain bike trails as part of the project, and to seek external funding to assist with possible future construction of additional trails in Jubilee Park.

As a result, we are reviewing components of the master plan to address this decision and further progress the project, subject to final Council sign-off decision and availability of funding.

Any future works proposed through the master plan will be subject to available funding and Council and community priorities.

Related document

View the full Escarpment Mountain Bike Masterplan.

The Queensland Government provided $25,000 to Toowoomba Regional Council and Lockyer Valley Regional Council to develop the Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley Escarpment Mountain Bike Master Plan 2019-2026 to enable Queenslanders to participate in sport and recreation activities.