The Carlisle City Council accepted a project bid to replace 0.3 mile of asphalt trail with concrete during a special session on April 11. It was unanimously approved despite comments from some council members before the vote that they didn’t think it should be done.
In March, the council was presented with an opportunity to replace a section of asphalt trail along Gateway Drive with 6-inch thick concrete for only $90,000. That trail will soon be part of the Des Moines trail extension, to be known as the Karras-Kaul Connector Trail, which will connect with the Carlisle Nature Trail.