ACT Sport Minister Andrew Barr has ordered an immediate start on design work to address safety issues which led to the sudden closure of the Narrabundah velodrome last week.
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The territory-owned velodrome on Kyeema Street was shut down on April 26 after a consultant's report found it was unsafe for training and competition purposes.
Some users have challenged the need for the closure and Mr Barr said on Thursday the safety problems would be addressed as quickly as possible.
"The ACT government is immediately commencing design work to remediate the safety issues with the velodrome,'' Mr Barr said.
"We acknowledge that the velodrome is an important facility for the local cycling community, and want to ensure it is reopened for competition and training as soon as possible.
"We are committed to fixing the facility and will look to have the work completed as a priority in 2013.''
Works being considered included track cleaning, grass maintenance and smoothing the transition between the straights and corners.
Cycling groups have requested access to the full report by consultant engineering firm Cardno that sparked the closure.
The 333-metre concrete circuit is used by the ACT Academy of Sport and the ACT Cycling Federation as well as individual athletes.
The government said the consultant's report had recommended the full or partial reconstruction of the track.
The ACT government has asked the cyclists to consider using alternative velodromes at Queanbeyan or Goulburn until the Narrabundah track reopens.
But some competitive cyclists have said that they will have to travel to Sydney in order to use a comparable velodrome to train for major competitions.