As announced by Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor in Truro on Tuesday, The Railyard Mountain Bike Park is receiving $434,670 and the Rath Eastlink Community Centre (RECC) $105,739 from the Innovative Communities Fund. The Truro & Colchester Chamber of Co...
The Railyard Mountain Bike Park, Rath Eastlink Community Centre and Truro & Colchester Chamber of Commerce promoting Truro as a destination while celebrating localTruro is known for its vibrant biking community and volunteers. Pictured are Peter Marshall, Stephanie Miles, Darlene Marshall and Aaron Tooker.TRURO, N.S.
In recent years, The Railyard has been rapidly growing as a mountain and fat biking destination, and the funding will help the Town of Truro continue with its– approved in 2019 – to install upgrades such as a washroom, rest area, signage, bike wash station, parking, trail upgrades, staff training, new park entrance, parking lot, and more.
Although three different and diverse projects, they all have a common thread, said Taylor – supporting a strong, local economy. “The Railyard Park is a really, really impressive program,” said Taylor, to SaltWire. “We really want to encourage outdoor activity and we certainly know, during the pandemic, one place that people felt more safe was actually being outdoors. So this is a great investment that we have made for local folks, but also when it comes to tourism and travel.”The park mountain biking and fat biking started decades ago as anfrequented by local bikers.
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