The City of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, recently landed a $499,999 state grant to begin building a Mother Road Bike Park, with a centerpiece that’s designed to resemble a Route 66 gas station.
The print edition of The Communicator newspaper in Santa Rosa reported that the grant came from the Outdoor Recreation Trails+ program of the state’s Economic Development Department.
Resident Eli Quinn is shepherding the project through a nonprofit organization that he created, Las Sendero de Guadalupe.
Quinn also landed a $99,999 grant from the Economic Development Department to build a bicycle pump track and mini-ramp for skateboarding.
The bicycle park will be located at Perch Lake off Historic Route 66 in Santa Rosa, near the landmark Blue Hole.
Quinn told the newspaper the half-million grant would “complete the starting hub (the Route 66 gas station) and 2 trails, which will be a nice start to the park. The complete park will cost approximately $5 million, so there are a lot more funds to acquire, but this will be a great start that is going to bring great excitement to the project!”
(Artist’s rendering of the Route 66 gas station at the planned Mother Road Bike Park in Santa Rosa, New Mexico)