This year’s recommended Recreational Trails Program grants and projects are:
(Note Starved Rock trails are not deemed in need of repair)
Motorized projects
Freeport Park District – Jane Addams Trail improvement project, $200,000
Illinois Association of Snowmobile Clubs – snowmobile trail maintenance and operations, $158,400
Jimmy Lowry – acquisition of The Cliffs in LaSalle County, $612,000
Non-Motorized projects
City of Carbondale – Cedar Lake multi-use trail, $200,000
Champaign County Forest Preserve – Lake of the Woods bike trail renovation, $200,000
Cook County Forest Preserve District – Tinley Creek paved trail improvements, Black Spur, $188,000
City of Crystal Lake – Three Oaks Recreation Area, $200,000
Decatur Park District – Scovill Park West trails improvement project, $200,000
City of East Peoria – Camp Street Trail, final phase, $200,000
Trail Recreation Effingham County – Phase VI-C, $200,000
Village of Germantown Hills – Village Park trail extension, $200,000
Kane County Forest Preserve District – Big Rock Forest Preserve trail improvements, $200,000
City of Lockport – Eighth Street pedestrian bridge replacement, $200,000
Manhattan Park District – Round Barn Farm trails, $200,000
The Land Conservancy, McHenry County – Thompson Road Trail System, $192,200
City of Rock Island – Hodge Park Community Recreation Trail, $44,800
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Allerton Park bike trail, $130,110
City of Waukegan – Michigan Trail trailhead amenities, $40,000
Woodridge Park District – New bike trail through Hawthorn Hill Woods, $200,000