BEND, OR -- A popular northeast Bend park is in the middle of a multi-million dollar expansion. Bend Parks and Rec's Julie Brown says construction is underway at Big Sky Park on new bike features, "We’ve got a single track, kind of a dirt trail, that’s going in there. We also have one of those pump tracks, very similar to what they have in Redmond where you can get going and your momentum will carry you across these humps in a track. It’s asphalt covered. That’s actually coming together really, really well."
It might be coming together a little too well, "Unfortunately, we’re at that spot where it looks very attractive but it’s not quite finished yet," Brown tells KBND News, "And we’re having some folks that are going out there and trying to make use of it already. So, I’m really hoping that everybody can be patient. We should be finished with that project next month - so, September or early October, that should be completed."
It’s all part of a $4.8 million dollar project at the park, located near Hamby and Neff that also included a new new entrance on Hamby and 93 more parking spaces.