At their December 2018 meeting, the West Coast Council have decided not to proceed with the proposed gravity trails in Queenstown (the final stage of the West Coast Mountain Bike Project started in 2014 as a job creation program following the closure of the Mt Lyell mine) and instead seek new proposals and funding to try and construct a product that will attract riders to the West Coast.
Full details of this decison can be found in the December 2018 agenda from the West Coast Council (attached on this page for reference). The West Coast mountain bikng proposal can be found on Page 45 onwards.