It's taken over a decade of planning and plenty of grants and donations, but the $8M project is a go
With help from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, the High Trestle Trail and the Raccoon River Valley trail are going to be connected at last.
The project's organizers said the trail passing through Bouton will only increase biker traffic through small Iowa towns.
"These communities have the opportunity to showcase their town to these cyclists visiting from not only all across the metro and the state but frankly the country and the best things they have to offer," Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Trails and Community Conservation Director Andrea Boulton said.