By Parker Leavitt, The Republic | azcentral.com
Gilbert officials will not commit to building a $20 million BMX headquarters, Olympic training facility and public bike park at this time and will instead focus on other parks needs in south Gilbert.
Amid concern from residents over traffic, noise and the project’s price tag, Gilbert Mayor John Lewis said, “The decision is not no, it’s just not right now.”
Gilbert and USA BMX, the 70,000-member sanctioning body for the high-flying bicycle sport, last month unveiled a partnership to bring a 4,000-seat arena, museum and public park to 10 acres of town-owned land at the southwestern corner of Greenfield and Germann roads.
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