The worst investment in cycling?

[kaiser]

Interesting article in MBA commenting on the new velodrome for the Olympics. Quoting the price tag for the velopark at $125million double the initial estimate. Other figures state that it'll be used by less people in a month(possibly two) than a single pump track will be in Idaho in a day. Also a trail developer in Colorado, is quoting $3.75 per foot of trail which would mean that the money spent on the park could create 6313 miles of trail :shock: or enough to go from New York to Whistler and back

 

[mikee]

125 million £ fffs

give me 1 million £ and till i cannot do it i'll take you and your mates
out on my hill every day if you like xc ,downhill , wilderness ,urban
and any other peddally nonsense you want

make that 2 million £

 

[stewlewis]

You have to wonder just where all the money goes.

It's all in the business contracts I guess, department X is bound by procurement contract to order stationery from supplier Y for Z amount of years so they charge £12 for a ream of A4.

Oh and let's not forget all the H&S on every level of development.

The extra 8 miles of XC at Cannock cost, I believe, £200-250 thousand.

For £125M we could have built a mountain to rival Whistler (well maybe not, but we'd get close). Wale's needs the tourism, there's nowt left at the seasides.

 

[JamesM]

Motorways cost £30,000,000 a mile!!! :shock:

 

[daj]

The extra 8 miles of XC at Cannock cost, I believe, £200-250 thousand.

wow to me thats quite shocking, You just dont think about what it costs to create these trails :shock:

 

[stewlewis]

The extra 8 miles of XC at Cannock cost, I believe, £200-250 thousand.

wow to me thats quite shocking, You just dont think about what it costs to create these trails :shock:

That's with volunteers doing the manual work.
Between £3 and £20 per meter is a ball park figure.

I've thought about approaching our local forestry commision in Stoke to create a site at Hanchurch/Swynnerton.

Time to buy some books, and find an ivestor I think:

http://www.imba.org.uk/Trailbuilding/Trailbuilding_FAQs.html

Motorways cost £30,000,000 a mile!!! :shock:

'kin 'el !

 

[kaiser]

Immaterial really but the figures were $ not £.