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Search the Public Notice PortalThere are plans to bring a new inclusive pump track facility to Dunfermline’s Duloch Park.
It wouldn’t be cheap, with over £200k needed, but volunteer Michael Pattinson thinks it’s just what the city needs to improve it’s offering for young people.
He said: “It’s a much more varied open space compared to a more regimented play park. We’ve seen quite a lot of positive impact in Glenrothes where one has gone in, it’s a really good opportunity for kids of all abilities.
“It’s not just for hardcore cyclists, although they do enjoy it. You see young children with scooters and balance bikes, right through to older ones with BMXs, and even some people in wheelchairs.”
The project is at an early stage, with funding opportunities currently being explored.
Mr Pattinson hopes that Fife Council will agree to include the facility in its capital plan, and he’s keeping a close eye on other avenues such as the recently announced pride of place programme.
He said: “It felt right to get it out there and start the publicity campaign, that’s why we’ve got the Facebook page up and running, and we’re targeting the Tour de France coming to Edinburgh in June 2027.
“It’s an ambitious target, and we’ve had some positive conversations with stakeholders like the Dunfermline Cycling Club, Carnegie Cyclones, and Scottish Cycling.”
A feasibility study into using part of Duloch Park is anticipated, but Mr Pattinson is open to other locations.
He added: “I see it as being an opportunity for all of Dunfermline, not just that area. It’s not set in stone, and if there are conditions in some of the bigger funds that we’d need to do it in specific parts of the city, that’s something we would look at.
It comes after plans were submitted to create a large pump track in Dalgety Bay.
Councillor Gordon Pryde told the Press he backs the Dunfermline project. He commented: “A Pump Track in Dunfermline would, I am sure, be used by users from all over Dunfermline and beyond.
“Fife Council encourages people to embrace physical activity which can do so much to improve wellbeing, reduce long term health risks and boost mental health.
“Creating a pump track would offer a fun, safe space for all ages and abilities to enjoy bike and other wheel-based devices.
“Michael has been a terrific force in promoting community facilities in his own neighbourhood and I am convinced that he is the right person to develop such a project all the way through from the design stage to the reality of a fabulous facility for the city.”
