Colin Dale Park

**Iva** · 27th August 2009, 09:06

Check this out. There could be a MX track in Manukau. Developers have
opened it up for "expressions of interest from developers". Has anyone/club got their finger in the pie? If not, then should there be?

http://www.manukau.govt.nz/default.aspx?id=11572

**Bradz** · 27th August 2009, 09:38

Now that would definitely be cool, a track in auckland was get good patronage for sure..

**BM-GS** · 27th August 2009, 09:38

Anyone know where this park is exactly? No address details on the Manukau City Council website, just a vague statement about it being "near the airport". nothing on Wises or GoogleMaps either.

Lots of shared use with other motorsports, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, there's a gas station handy... might get a covered pits area?

57ha not huge (~750m square, are my sums right?) but better than a poke in the eye.

Not sure that a recession is the best time to build it, but it would be so handy that it would get a lot of people wanting to use it - which may be the only problem, and the council is looking to pass that headache on to someone else.

**barty5** · 27th August 2009, 09:49

Originally Posted by BM-GS

Anyone know where this park is exactly? No address details on the Manukau City Council website, just a vague statement about it being "near the airport". nothing on Wises or GoogleMaps either.

Lots of shared use with other motorsports, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, there's a gas station handy... might get a covered pits area?

57ha not huge (~750m square, are my sums right?) but better than a poke in the eye.

Not sure that a recession is the best time to build it, but it would be so handy that it would get a lot of people wanting to use it - which may be the only problem, and the council is looking to pass that headache on to someone else.

1 hectare = 10000 square mtrs
57hectare = 570000 sq mtrs or 140.85 acres or 570000000000sq mm

**takitimu** · 27th August 2009, 10:03

Originally Posted by BM-GS

Anyone know where this park is exactly? No address details on the Manukau City Council website, just a vague statement about it being "near the airport". nothing on Wises or GoogleMaps either.
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It's to the left of Puhinui Reserve off the end of Prices Road.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-37.00...,0.022016&z=16

or for more info

http://www.manukau.govt.nz/tec/distr...ProposedPC.pdf ( map at bottom ).

There are real dust restrictions & no doing anything to attract birds

( flying variety )

Rule 15.11.2.5 Dust nuisance for Colin Dale Park (Lot 6 DP 24346)
No motor sports activity shall create a dust nuisance. A dust nuisance will occur if:
• there is visible evidence of suspended solids or particulate matter in the air beyond the site boundary and/or
• there is visible evidence of deposited particulate matter traceable from a dust source settling on the ground, building or structure, on a neighbouring site or water.

**WRT** · 27th August 2009, 10:04

More info, including decibel restrictions:

http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/motor...manukau/5/5821

**takitimu** · 27th August 2009, 10:10

I could be wrong, but I think this might just rule out MX

A max of 80dbA is pretty damn low, so you'd need some serious sound proofing in place to try & minimise it & I suspect that rules dirt bikes out.

(2) The noise generated by motor racing shall at all times comply with the following noise limits:
Leq 65dBA Lmax 80dBA

( The noise is measured on the boundary ).

**WRT** · 27th August 2009, 10:15

That was my thought too, but I figured they are talking about all sorts of activities, including blo-karts and rc cars. Put those around the edges, and put mx/speedway/etc in the middle. 57ha is a reasonable amount of land to hide noise on, and it looks like it runs along the cliff top so put the noisey stuff at that side, rather than the side that'll border other properties.

**scott411** · 27th August 2009, 10:32

there are some poeple working on it with manakau council, (no me)

look for some more information coming out soon,

**takitimu** · 27th August 2009, 10:37

Originally Posted by scott411

there are some poeple working on it with manakau council, (no me)

look for some more information coming out soon,

Dang Auckland region is getting it's act together ( just got the Rally of NZ back ), I just hope that the SuperCity proposal does not put a spanner in the works.

**scott411** · 27th August 2009, 11:00

i actually think the supercity may help offroad, the ARC have expressed interest in off road recreation so the combining of budgets may help, time will tell tho, i trust council as far as i can throw them

**Reckless** · 27th August 2009, 11:01

I'm going back in my memory banks a bit now and wasn't directly involved in the application but Mt Welly Kart club applied for resource consent to move their track out very near the airport as they are on a year by year lease. The land they are on at Mt Welly is zoned for a motorway bypass (I think)? Thats why there is no major improvements of that track.
Anyway to the point they where turned down for NOISE?? Next to the airport?? Tui!
Secondly
Motorsport for the fans is about hearing the roar of the engine (and the prangs). I reckon if you make it too quiet the punters won't turn up. Imagine V8 Supercars or F1 where you can't hear the engines. That would suck! I reckon 90-100db is about a good happy medium, 80db is to quiet to promote the park, no atmosphere! What they've got to do is strickly enforce the 100db!!! Its the odd wally that stuffs it for all of us send him home!

**takitimu** · 27th August 2009, 11:25

Originally Posted by scott411

i actually think the supercity may help offroad, the ARC have expressed interest in off road recreation so the combining of budgets may help, time will tell tho, i trust council as far as i can throw them

I never took you as being such a trusting soul.

I hope you are right, guess the signs are good with City Scramble / Rally of NZ / Colin Dale park, maybe we just need to be as good at publicity as the knockers, which makes me think, a certain CEO of a major Yachting NZ team is a recent dirt bike convert, be tough to find someone as good at navigating Govt organisations from National to Local as him & he's making noises of moving out of his current role.