A hiking and biking trail is proceeding, slowly but surely, in Des Moines County.
The
roughly 20-mile Flint River Trail will eventually stretch from downtown
Burlington to Big Hollow Recreation Area. It is about 60% complete
after nearly a decade of planning and construction.
Regional
Planner Zach James says that percentage will improve this spring thanks
to the Iowa Transportation Commission awarding the project a roughly
$423,000 recreational trails grant grant .
James says that gives
Des Moines County enough money to complete a 2.3-mile stretch of the
trail through Starr's Cave Park and Preserve.
"It starts at Irish
Ridge Road, the entrance of Starr's Cave," says James, "and will go
through the state park west over to Highway 61 and then north and
connect with Flint Bottom Road."
The trail is complete and in use from Flint Bottom Road to Big Hollow Recreation Area.
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