The jump park took about 10 years and hundreds of volunteer hours to build. Photo: Mountain SceneAfter a rallying cry from Queenstown’s mountain biking community, which got the attention of international professional bikers and an offer of financial help from a resort billionaire, the world-renowned Gorge Road Jump Park has been saved at the eleventh hour. Photo: ODT filesBusinessman Rod Drury struck a deal with Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult this afternoon to save the jump park, which took about 10 years and hundreds of volunteer hours to build. The council had planned on using it as a laydown area to support the construction of the Queenstown arterial route. In 2018, it gave notice to the Queenstown Mountain Bike Club that its lease over the land would end - a new site at Kerry Drive on Queenstown Hill was settled on in March this year.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 20, 2021 05:15 UTC