A new intermediate level mountain bike trail will be built on the eastern side of Mt Victoria/Matairangi, after the Wellington City Council approved a request by Trails Wellington.

The new track will be a Grade 3 mountain bike priority trail, and will provide for approximately 1.5km continuous decent from the Matairangi peak to the Mount Victoria Skills Area near the Badminton Hall in Hataitai. 

According to council documents, Trails Wellington believes that the new trail will direct the majority of downhill bike traffic to this trail, easing congestion on the city side trails, helping to reduce trail conflict and improve safety issues in the wider trail network.

The trail will be fully funded and built by Trails Wellington.

The council also agreed that no further trails will be constructed on Matairangi, and instead work would focus on realignment and improvement of existing tracks to increase user experience and to reduce conflict with walkers.

Officers will were directed to reassess walking and biking trails on Matairangi, and investigate changing some existing trails to walking only.  Workshops are to be held with community and cycling stakeholders.