The state and Oakland County are planning a playground for dirt bikes, four-wheel drive vehicles, ATVs and horses, Andrew Kidd reports in The Oakland Press.
The park envisioned for Oxford Township would be a state-county partnership.Oxford Township could soon become the home of the first off-road vehicle park in Oakland County.
Oakland County Parks and Recreation is in the planning stages for an “Adventure Recreation Complex,” a recreational site that could offer an off-road vehicle course, bike and equestrian trails, aquatic sports and scuba-diving.
The project is a partnership between Oakland County Parks and Recreation and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
The idea is aimed at serving local off-road buffs and drawing visitors to the county, county parks and rec director Dan Stencil tells Kidd.
“Right now, there’s no place you can legally ride on public land,” he said. “The highest concentration of registered off-road vehicles is in Oakland County. . . .
"This park has the potential to be an economic driver for local tourism,” Stencil said. “The state has identified the need for this kind of facility, especially in the more densely populated portion of the state.”
