Hello NSW... here's more leadership from inter-state. Please take note!

The Zone Two Trail Network, developed as part of Mitcham's Mountain Bike Strategy, has over 12 km of trails in the Lynton Depot Reserve, Lynton Landfill Reserve, Sleeps Hill Reserve and Windy Point Area designed for shared use recreation including cycling and walking.

Mayor Ivan Brooks said "The Zone Two Trail Network, developed with assistance from the State Government, provides a network of trails that offers unstructured recreation for the community."

Hello NSW!

There's more evidence of how solid MTB facilities are of benefit to the economy and community in this document from New Zealand (Whakarewarewa Forest is in Rotorua in case you didn't know):

http://aprconsultants.co.nz/index.php/download_f...

One would expect that having just emerged from an economic recession, that discretionary consumer spending on recreational activities would have declined. While this may be true in many areas, use of “God's Playground” being Whakarewarewa Forest has increased.

North Wales has been given £6 million to develop a cycling Centre of Excellence and expand its mountain bike trails, just weeks after South Wales was awarded £5 million to do similar:

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/article/even-m...

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Well, of course it's not in NSW

OK, so this isn't the sort of path we want around these parts anyhow, but local authorities do sometimes build this sort of thing. However, NSW authorities are once again put to shame by their inter-state peers.

You see, this 17km project in outback Australia cost $330,000. While Warringah council have just engaged a local contractor to build 850m (yes, that's less than 1km) of trail, boardwalk and viewing platforms for the princely sum of $2,072,191 (with the opportunity for %15 rise if the contractor feels like it).