County approves mountain bike course at Rockburn park
Recreation and parks board vote unanimous
By Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun
A private group will be allowed to build a mountain bike training course in Rockburn Park in Elkridge, following a unanimous Wednesday vote by the county's Recreation and Parks Board to go ahead with the contested project.
The board had delayed a March vote on the matter after a contentious two-hour hearing in which people opposed to the project said it would bring more traffic, parking problems and loitering, as well as nighttime activity and drug use. Opponents also complained that the project had been rushed through without sufficient notice.
"I know there's opponents, but there's a whole lot more support," said board member Lowell Adams. Board Chairman Joel Goodman said he was "excited and hopeful that Howard County parks were going to provide a model for other communities."
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