A NEW Albury mountain bike plan urges the city's council to back more than $4 million of improvements for local and visiting riders.
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The blueprint, which will be tabled at Monday night's council meeting, has been developed in consultation with the mountain bike community and estimates an extra $11 million worth of economic activity could be generated through improvements.
It calls for a masterplan to be done on existing trails along the Nail Can Hill range and a "functional" network of tracks developed which takes into account environmental concerns.
There is also a push for a smaller network to be developed on Eastern Hill which would take the pressure off Nail Can.
A learn-to-ride track is proposed for Fredericks Park in North Albury and a pump track is earmarked for Thurgoona's Ernest Grant Park.
The consultant also recommends a pump track at Lavington's Black Range Park be redesigned with a reduced area.
It's estimated it would take $2.25 million to fully realise Nail Can Hill plans and $900,000 would be needed to construct an Eastern Hill network.
The report of WA consultancy Common Ground notes COVID has lifted mountain biking and in Albury there is a "lack of opportunity for rider progression".
"With implementation of the recommendations outlined in the strategy Albury has potential to become a vibrant hub of mountain biking activity that ensures minimal impacts to environmental and cultural values while also seeking to improve those values," it notes.