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State gives funds for Kane County bike trail
Nov 17, 2007
Lisa Smith, Staff Reporter
Daily Herald
Pertains to Mid-County Trail, Lake Run, Sugar Grove, North Aurora, Aurora
The Kane County Forest Preserve District will receive a $128,300 state matching grant to build a 2.9-mile bike trail in Sugar Grove Township, state officials announced Friday.

The grant, administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, was one of nine totaling $1.5 million for bike trail projects in northern Illinois. Across the state, $3 million in grants were issued.

In Kane County, the funds will benefit the Lake Run Forest Preserve. The 283-acre site is a patchwork of land parcels north of the Reagan Memorial Tollway and east of Bliss Road, between the Dick Young and Aurora West forest preserves.

Forest preserve officials purchased most of the land in 2003 but have since added two smaller parcels.

The trail -- proposed as a segment of the midcounty trail system -- would run along Lake Run, an artificial waterway created in the early 20th century. The grant also would fund a parking lot on Tanner Road. The total project cost is $256,600.

"Bike path projects are an investment in local and regional recreation opportunities, neighborhood improvement, safe transportation and tourism enhancement," Gov. Rod Blagojevich said in a prepared statement.

One forest preserve official reached Friday said he did not know the grant had been awarded.

The state bicycle path grant program reimburses local governments up to 50 percent of approved development costs for bicycle trail projects up to a maximum of $200,000. The program is funded through a percentage of the motor vehicle title transfer fee.

   
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