$3.31 Million in Trails Grants Awarded by TPW Commission

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$3.31 Million in Trails Grants Awarded by TPW Commission

By AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF | Thursday, May 26, 2011, 01:52 PM

Information from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission:

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved $3,318,450 million to fund 21 National Recreational Trail Grant projects in communities across the state. The commission also awarded an additional $485,000 in re-allocated trail funds to underwrite trail improvements in seven state parks and three local communities.

List of sponsors awarded funds for new trail-construction projects, by county:

Bexar County - Land Heritage Institute, $200,000, to build the new, 13.5-mile Los Caminos Naturales Mountain Bike and Equestrian Trail.
Bexar County - Audubon Texas, $82,915, to build a 0.6-mile crushed aggregate trail and bridge, and install signs at the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center.

Harris - Greater Houston Off-Road Bicycle Association, $36,120, to improve various mountain bike trails in Houston parks.

Midland - City of Midland, $150,000, to make improvements to Cole ATV Park, including building a restroom and parking area, and erecting fencing and signs.

Smith - East Tyler Communities Foundation, $84,600, to construct the six-mile Faulkner Nature & Mountain Bike Trail, do a resource assessment and install culverts.

Travis - Austin Parks Foundation, $14,623, to build the 0.15-mile crushed granite Montopolis Tributary Trail, and install benches, a picnic table and signs.

There are more counties on the list, but I only included the urban ones.