A Milton group has been granted $10,000 towards the construction of twin cycle tracks at Moore Park.
The park, which is bordered by Cowper, Johnson, Abercrombie and Spenser Sts, is popular with children and teenagers and features a skate park, basketball hoop and playground.
Milton Area Promotions chairman Selwyn Wilkinson said the group had broken down the park project into four stages.
Stage one, installing a chain and post fence, was completed in 2011, and stage two - constructing a disabled toilet at the park - was finished in December.
The group is now working on the final two stages, constructing cycle tracks and a dog park.
''We're really quite excited. It's an area that has heaps of potential,'' Mr Wilkinson said.
Group members looked at other cycle tracks in Otago to get ideas, settling on a design which included road markings and signs, he said.
In 2011, the group sent the council more than 70 signatures from individuals and community groups, schools and the Milton police station being in support of the project.
The project is estimated to cost about $90,000 and the group hoped to fund the track through grants.
Last week, the Clutha District Council approved a grant of $10,000 from the George Melville Fund towards the project.
Bruce ward councillor Gaynor Finch said it was a worthwhile venture.
Milton Area Promotions has also made a submission to the council's annual plan requesting consent to build a dog park at the park. Mr Wilkinson said the group would provide labour and the design if the council provided the materials.
The dog park would be 66m by 16m and have a 1.8m-high fence. It would include a raised bed with wood chips and many obstacles to entertain and exercise dogs, and would cost about $8000.
''There's quite a lot of dogs in Milton, and there is a lot of support for a dog park,'' Mr Wilkinson said.
The group was halfway through fundraising and organising grants from a variety of organisations to pay for the remaining two stages, he said.
After the four stages were completed, Milton Area Promotions and other volunteers would landscape the park.
