{"id":394753,"date":"2026-01-06T06:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/394753\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:25:14","slug":"jersey-cycle-group-welcomes-coronation-park-pump-track-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/394753\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey cycle group welcomes Coronation Park pump track plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767627013_869_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/86009630-ea3f-11f0-8294-25e87582e814.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Karen Bull A child cycling on a rockpool with cloudy skies and tried in the background\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Karen Bull<\/p>\n<p>Karen Bull said it was exciting to see plans that reflected what families had been asking for<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Plans to introduce a new cycle area in St Lawrence have been welcomed by a sports group as it says biking facilities continue to improve in the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Jersey Cycling said it welcomed plans for a new pump track, which is a looped circuit designed for wheeled sports including skateboards and rollerblades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Sand dunes, a nature play area and an amphitheatre have <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5y2ljpyryzo\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">also been included in the redevelopment plans<\/a> for the playing field next to Coronation Park &#8211; using land that a benefactor gifted to the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Karen Bull, the group&#8217;s vice president, said it was exciting to see plans that reflected what families had been asking for.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767627013_869_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2bed3da0-ea40-11f0-8294-25e87582e814.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Government of Jersey Aerial view of a digitally created pump track featuring a series of smooth, looping dirt paths with raised berms and dips arranged in a compact, winding layout. The track is surrounded by green grass and landscaped areas, with a paved road visible at the bottom edge.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Government of Jersey<\/p>\n<p>A pump track is a looped circuit designed for wheeled sports<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Her son Maverick said it would be &#8220;a good place to make new friends and it&#8217;s a fun and safe space to have fun on your bike, scooter, skateboard &#8211; anything with wheels really&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The 11-year-old said he was most excited for &#8220;the general thrill of just going around as fast as possible, doing bit of freestyle and some fun skills on it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">She said: &#8220;We&#8217;ve been campaigning for this throughout the last three years and one of aims at Jersey cycling is to improve bike facilities for the whole community on the island. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really excited, not only as vice president but also as a mum as well, to see my little boy so happy that we&#8217;re finally getting something that&#8217;s very, very much needed in Jersey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Jersey Cycling said the track would be a &#8220;safe, accessible space&#8221; for people to &#8220;develop skills, stay active and enjoy being outdoors&#8221; and that pump tracks were &#8220;widely recognised for encouraging confidence, fitness and positive social interaction across generations&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karen Bull Karen Bull said it was exciting to see plans that reflected what families had been asking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-394753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}