A NEW Central Coast motorsport complex planned for the Wyee area is expected to deliver a new type of tourism to the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie districts while helping to cut youth unemployment.
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The new Casar Park motorsport and driver training facility, which will occupy an 80-hectare site bounded by Gosford Road, the M1 Freeway and Bushells Ridge Road, is expected to include a 3.5-kilometre racing circuit as its major drawcard.
A kart racing track and driver training area including a skid pan, a speedway racing oval that can double as a showground and a camping and caravan park will be added later with a one-eighth mile (200-metre) drag strip for street cars also a possibility.
The site is also expected to include a chocolate and licorice factory and retail outlet and a caravan park and camping ground.
Brad Wilson, spokesman for the group behind the complex, said the development application is expected to be lodged with Wyong Shire Council by the end of May and stage one of the project - the main circuit, pits, control tower and medical centre - could be operational by the end of this year on a four-month build schedule.
Mr Wilson said the group was looking for $26 million state and federal government funding to get the project finished in the shortest time.
If state funding did not come, Mr Wilson said, the group would ask for federal government help, but going down that route would push the project back about six months.
