Barnett Demesne/ Mary Peters Mountain Bike Trails

This capital project is a collaboration between Outdoor Recreation NI and Belfast City Council. The overall aim of the project is to develop a mountain bike trail system in and around Barnett Demesne/ Mary Peters, on land belonging to Belfast City Council. There is a huge demand/ need for this project with over 200 letters/ emails of support received from mountain bikers to date. Outdoor recreation would like to thank all those who have shown their support.

An initial concept design was completed in November 2010 by mountain bike trail designer Phil Saxena of Architrail. The concept recommended the development of a -

1. Green and red grade trail system
2. Blue grade and jump trail system

Both systems will have braided sections of a higher grade to the main trail (i.e. black sections on a red trail etc).

Micro-design for this project is now underway to be completed by end of May 2012

CAAN in partnership with Belfast City Council is currently working to secure the necessary funding to deliver this project.

Proposed Start Date	Autumn 2012 for construction (funding dependent)
Proposed Completion Date	April 2013
Project Partners	Belfast City Council
Project Funders (Secured)	Belfast City Council - £70,000 Rural Development Programme - £166,000
Project Funders (Pending)	Sport NI (Sport Matters: Community Capital Programme) - £238,000
Approximate Cost	£476,000
Other Information	The project has received massive support from the mountain bike community and shows that there is a clear need and demand for the project. However, no works can take place until 100% funding is in place.