Track Latest...Looking Good!

Hello Everyone....
We had a meeting tonight, (Wednesday, October 21) with British Cycling and Redditch Borough Council. Mainly to start completeing various applications and tidying up our business plan and all the boring, but neccessary stuff that goes with getting a facility built.

We also had a progress report.....Things are really progressing quickly now. The project managers have done an unbelieveable job and have submitted the planning application. We will get an answer on this in early December and if this gets passed, and the weather is kind through November and December(no rain please). Work can start on the construction of the track early January. This will mean that if the weather is friendly, we will be looking at a completion date of late April 2010. So lets just hope that nothing happens to disrupt this.

We got to see the site plans tonight, which really hits home to us how close we are to finishing this project now. The direction in which the track runs will be very different to how we originally planned, but it is how it best fits in the space we have, when also taking in to account important factors like - wind direction and space left between the track and perimeter fencing for spectator areas.

The other good news is that it looks like the changes to the Changing room building are going to happen. This will be adapted to make half of this brick building a Clubhouse that is purely for our use. The other half of the building will then be showers, toilets and changing rooms. Looking at the plans, the Clubhouse will include an office, first aid room, storage, and a kitchen area.

We havent had any news as of yet on who will build the track or on track design, but we do know that in the next couple of weeks this will go out to tender, giving British Cycling accredited track builders the chance to apply for the job. So watch this space.

Thats all for now folks, but when I get any more updates you will read them here first.

Benn