Ex-Team GB cycling manager Dave Mellor has said the entire track needs resurfacing.
Repairs are being made to the cycle track at Shrewsbury Sports Village after cracks prompted safety concerns.Contractors are trialling a glass asphalt material on affected areas to allow the surface to flex.Mr Mellor, GB team manager at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, said he ran events at the track, which opened about 15 years ago.
"It's just been a brilliant facility and when I finished with British Cycling I jumped in with both feet and have organised events here from day one," he said. "You can get visually impaired people coming to ride on a traffic-free surface where they wouldn't be able to ride on the main road - it gives so much independence to everybody who comes and rides here."
Responding to Mr Mellor's comments, councillor Robert Macey, cabinet member for culture and digital, said the authority was fortunate to have the 1km cycle track as part of its leisure services in the county, adding it was "unusual for a local authority to offer such a facility".
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