MIVA MAY LOSE ITS CRITERIUM CIRCUIT

For the last fifteen months. Mid Island Velo has run two series of criteriums on a nearly perfect 1.1 kilometer course in Nanaimo. It has all the components to make it ideal for the closed circuit style of massed start racing - newly paved roads in an industrial park, no traffic after 6PM.slight rises before two of the ninety degree turns, a wide, safe finishing straight, a good area for registration, and it is easily accessible from nearby communities. However, recent commercial development will result in Boxwood Road becoming a through route, with traffic lights at both ends and a large supermarket near the west junction. This will result in a huge increase in traffic and a reluctance on the part of the city to issue any further  permits to MIVA for the use of the circuit.

So the club is in need of a new circuit to replace the Boxwood Road course. The city may look favourably on a residential circuit if a poll of the residents produces no reasonable objections. The club may also consider a rural circuit but the only suitable ones are quits a distance from the city. If any of our readers are aware of a suitable location for the weekly criteriums for next season, please let us know.