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Ask us about bleaching for new patients FREE 90 905-842-6030 Educating 21st Century Leaders SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 den dentistoakville.com www.carstaroakville.com 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. Beaver Trails · Preschool to Grade 8 · www.glenburnieschool.com A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 89 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012 64 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) OAKVILLE BEAVER File Photo no place to ride: Rider Steven Moxely competes in a BMX bike competition held last year at Oakville's Shell Park. The area, along with several others across town, have been ruled out as a possible BMX facility for area youth. The Town of Oakville has been searching for a suitable site for the past 10 years, with no sign of a proper facility coming soon. A decade later, still no BMX site for Oakville By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF After approximately 10 years of looking for a suitable site on which to build a BMX facility for area youth, the Town of Oakville appears to be no closer to reaching its goal. A BMX facility is essentially a cross between an obstacle course and a raceway featuring mounds of earth and elevated corners or boundaries where BMX riders can perform jumps or other tricks for fun or as part of a race. No such facility currently exists in Oakville and Ward 1 Town Councillor Ralph Robinson says the time has come to get one. "Many young people in Oakville want one. Burlington has one, many other municipalities have one and if our youth want to use one they currently have to go to Burlington," he said. "It is quite a popular sport. I've watched them a little bit. It is quite an active pastime and they need to be able to have a piece of land with the right type of humps and different designs to do it." Proponents of BMX facilities say they get young people off the couch and away from the television or computer and gives them a place where they can be active and social. Robinson said creating a facility would also stop BMX riders from using skateboard pads, which they are not allowed to do for safety reasons, and would stop BMXers from making their own illegal obstacle courses in wooded areas around town. The Town is obligated to shut these facilities down when they find them. Robinson said the need for a BMX park in southwest Oakville is referenced in the Parks, Recreation, Culture and Library Master Plan, however, little progress has See Town page 3