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Iowa DOT Awards $2.7 Million For Recreational Trail Upgrades

High Trestle Trail Bridge west of Madrid, IowaPhoto: Travel Iowa

(Ames, IA) -- Eight recreational trails in Iowa will share $2.7 (M) million dollars in funding. The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission has approved funding for trail upgrades and expansions for the following projects:

  • Carlisle Connection Trail (Des Moines)                                  $ 400,000
  • Eldora Trail Expansion (Eldora)                                           $ 397,000
  • Gear Avenue Trail Extension Phase II (West Burlington)            $ 345,357
  • Glenwood Trail (Glenwood)                                              $ 200,000
  • Great Western Connector Trail (Manning)                               $ 200,242
  • Heart of Iowa Nature Trail from 610th Avenue to 620th Avenue
  • (Story County Conservation Board)                                     $ 225,000
  • Raccoon River Valley Trail to High Trestle Trail Connector
  • Phase V (Dallas County Conservation Board)                         $ 400,000
  • West Union to Echo Valley State Park (West Union)                   $ 581,350

 

The State Recreational Trails Program was created in 1988 to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities.


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