Logan City Council Trails strategy aims to boost active recreation while protecting the environment

Logan City Council is promoting a strategy to position the City of Logan as a destination for recreation trails in South-East Queensland while also being mindful of the impact to the natural environment.

Council this week supported the development of a new Recreation Trails Strategy incorporating a dedicated mountain biking component.

City Lifestyle Committee Chair, Laurie Koranski said mountain biking was one of the many uses of Logan’s trail network and added “across the city, parks and waterways there are many trails used for non-motorised recreation and also fire access.

“Council is aware that some trails across the city are being over-used and this creates a risk to users as well as impacting the natural environment.

“To address this high demand for trails, alternative sites could be explored across the city to draw users to different areas, as well as creating a sustainable plan for maintenance.”

The proposed strategy is the first action in the Active Logan Strategy Implementation Plan 2020-2024.

With the existing Recreation Trails Strategy due to finish this year, the development of a new strategy will also support the vision of the Logan Destination Management Plan. 

The plan identifies mountain biking as an opportunity for the city to attract visitors and support the local community to get physically active.

The Logan and Albert River visions identify the need to activate the waterways. The new strategy will consider canoeing and kayaking trails.

As the next step Council will now look to engage with the community and key stakeholders to develop a Recreation Trails Strategy.

Champion cyclist Robbie McEwen who joined more than 120 other riders when he returned home to Daisy Hill in August to ride in the Shimano MTB Grand Prix advised “It was a great place to grow up because you’d just go and roam on your bike for kilometres and kilometres in the bush and it was really good fun.”

This was the first event of its kind to be held in Logan’s Koala Bushland Coordinated Conservation Area, which includes the Daisy Hill mountain biking trails.

For more information, see Recreation Trails Strategy 2010 – 2020.

Image top: Recreation Trails Strategy and image above: Champion cyclist Robbie McEwen returned home to Daisy Hill in August to ride in the Shimano MTB Grand Prix.