Iowa Transportation Commission approves $750,000 grant for Turkey River Corridor Trail

(Photo courtesy of Turkey River Recreational Corridor)

The Iowa Transportation Commission, meeting at the Hotel Winneshiek in Decorah, today approved $3.4 million for six State Recreational Trails Program projects.

The six projects include the Turkey River Recreational Corridor Trail, which will receive a $750,000 state grant.  The money will help pay for a $1,136,000 project that would build a bridge over the Turkey River and 6,600 feet of additional recreational trail.  The project would extend the current Turkey River Recreational Corridor Trail by connecting three other trails--a 4.8 mile paved trail from Elgin to Clermonth; 2.5 miles of trail in Clermont and 7 miles of trail in Gilbertson Park.

The Iowa Department of Transportation received 43 grant applications totaling almost $23.5 million in requests.