LINCOLN PARK — The Southeast Side will be home to the city's only bike park dedicated to off-road and BMX-style biking, after the Parks District Board on Wednesday voted to give $3.5 million to the construction of the park.

Chicago contractor Frielder Construction will build the 40-acre bike park at what will be called Big Marsh Park, a massive Parks District project to turn marsh lands near an industrial site into a 280-acre park and native... in South Deering.

The bike park will cater to off-road biking, and will have features that will recreate mountain-like conditions, parks officials said. The park will also have bike jumps and a slalom course, among many other features, said Heather Gleason, president of the Chicago Parks District Planning and Construction division.

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