Renovations are planned for the Carrboro pump track, the cycling feature at Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Hillsborough Road. Initial work was to begin Sep. 30, with improvements underway through January 2025. The track will be partially closed initially and then completely closed during later stages. Budget for the project is $106,000.
Carrboro’s Recreation, Parks & Cultural Resources Dept. is contracting with Nature Trails, a trail design and construction firm in Chapel Hill, for the renovation work. Improvements will result in a slightly different track layout and better drainage. Improvements will feature a rain garden with about 80 native pollinator plants in the drain areas.
A pump track is a purpose-built track for cycling. It has a circuit of rollers, banked turns and features designed to be ridden completely by riders “pumping”–generating momentum by up and down body movements, instead of pedaling or pushing.