A Hunter MP is calling on the State Government to investigate options for better facilities for motorbike riders following a rise in illegal activity.
It comes after two separate incidents over the weekend where a motorcycle was seized after the rider lost control and crashed in the Cessnock CBD.
Another motorcycle was seized after a rider was stopped while carrying an 18-month-old child on his lap while riding.
Police have issued a further warning to riders after receiving a number of complaints of noisy, anti-social and illegal behaviour by riders.
Wallsend MP Sonia Hornery said riders have very few places left where they can ride, especially in the Western Suburbs of Newcastle.
"There are motorbike clubs in the Hunter but none really specifically with land available for that sort of training in the Wallsend electorate, so that's what we're looking for, reaching out to those sorts of facilties that work in the Hunter and in NSW and seeing what we can do here," said Hornery.
Hornery says making more space available for riders would be a good start in combating illegal activity.
"We want bike riders to have a safe place to ride and a place where people can learn. Stockton have some facilities available and I'm going to write to the minister and ask him to look at options to make more land available in the Wallsend area for riders."
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| Image from the Newcastle Herald |
