Ankeny City Council votes 3 to 2 to extend the High Trestle Trail through Ankeny

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Mon October 14 2013
Posted Oct 14, 2013
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It was close, but our voices DID make a difference... The Ankeny City Council voted 3 to 2 IN FAVOR of purchasing the Union Pacific rail-bed corridor that will extend the High Trestle Trail through Ankeny to Des Moines.

There is no timeline on when this new trail will be completed, but at least the land is secured. So sometime in the future this extension will be a major artery in the Central Iowa Trails System.

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