NORTH MANCHESTER - North Manchester is one step closer to beginning construction on its non-motorized trail throughout the town. Ideas and plans for the bike and walking trail started two years ago when the Parks and Recreation Department received a grant in 1998 from the Indiana Department of Commerce to help fund the trail.Assistant parks director Donna Boomershine said Rundell Ernstberger Associates, Muncie, was hired in 1998 to develop a master trail plan for the parks department.The plan was completed in 1999. Parks director Brian Wagner reported Wednesday to the parks board that he and Boomershine met with Deane Rundell of Rundell Ernstberger Associates, Don Rinearson, North Manchester town council president, and Dan Hannaford, North Manchester town manager. "We discussed what piece of that phase to do," Wagner said. Cost for the first phase of the trail is estimated at $4.5 million, which exceeds the cap for individual projects by approximately $3.5 million.
LAURA SLOOP, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016