SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY (First Alert 4) – A volunteer-organized BMX and mountain bike park in south St. Louis County is dealing with ongoing damage from unauthorized motorized vehicles trespassing on the course.
The St. Louis Bike Park/ Figure 8 Trails, located along Grant’s Trail off Interstate 55 and Union Road, has seen increased problems with dirt bikes, pit bikes and other types of gas or battery-powered bikes using the human-powered bicycle course, according to park organizers.
“The past five years, the number of pit bikes, motorcycles, and the surrons and e-bikes has totally increased for sure. And it has become an increasingly bigger problem,” said Will Lemire, head of operations for St. Louis Bike Park Inc…