Warsaw Gets Grant For Bike Trail Design
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The plan is to link the Warsaw's lakes and parks through a system of hiking and biking trails.
According to City Planner Jeff Noffsinger, the implementation of that plan recently took another step toward completion with the city being awarded $10,000 from the Community Planning Fund for the design of a seven-mile segment the Lake City Greenway project, between the Chinworth Bridge on the Tippecanoe River to Winona Lake Park.
"The grant will be combined with a $10,000 grant from the Kosciusko County Foundation to pay for the design of the trail system," Noffsinger said.
Requests for design proposals will be sent out by the end of June, with those plans being finalized by the end of the year, he added.
The city also has applied for a federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act grant for the construction of the project, with an estimated $1.2 million price tag, Noffsinger said.
"We're hoping to find out from the Indiana Department of Transportation in June that we've received the ISTEA grant," Noffsinger said.
The federal grant will require a 10 percent match from the city, he said.
Noffsinger said the city is waiting for confirmation on a Department of Natural Resources grant request for the design of the KCH-Pike Lake segment of the trail system.
If the $100,000 grant request is awarded for that segment, the 10 percent match would be paid though private donations, Noffsinger said.
The CPF is a state program administered by the Indiana Department of Commerce for community-based planning and research initiatives that improve local quality of life and economic opportunities. [[In-content Ad]]
The plan is to link the Warsaw's lakes and parks through a system of hiking and biking trails.
According to City Planner Jeff Noffsinger, the implementation of that plan recently took another step toward completion with the city being awarded $10,000 from the Community Planning Fund for the design of a seven-mile segment the Lake City Greenway project, between the Chinworth Bridge on the Tippecanoe River to Winona Lake Park.
"The grant will be combined with a $10,000 grant from the Kosciusko County Foundation to pay for the design of the trail system," Noffsinger said.
Requests for design proposals will be sent out by the end of June, with those plans being finalized by the end of the year, he added.
The city also has applied for a federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act grant for the construction of the project, with an estimated $1.2 million price tag, Noffsinger said.
"We're hoping to find out from the Indiana Department of Transportation in June that we've received the ISTEA grant," Noffsinger said.
The federal grant will require a 10 percent match from the city, he said.
Noffsinger said the city is waiting for confirmation on a Department of Natural Resources grant request for the design of the KCH-Pike Lake segment of the trail system.
If the $100,000 grant request is awarded for that segment, the 10 percent match would be paid though private donations, Noffsinger said.
The CPF is a state program administered by the Indiana Department of Commerce for community-based planning and research initiatives that improve local quality of life and economic opportunities. [[In-content Ad]]