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A woodsy recreational asset is nearing completion in Allegheny Township. The Tredway Trail expansion project, officially named the Wynn and Clara Tredway River Trail, offers 9 total miles of trail from the Freeport Bridge to Kiski Junction. The $1.2 million project was made possible thanks to several large grants: $896,000

The department's Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grants are allocated to communities large and small and are being used to construct year-round, multi-use pathways. It comes as as interest in them is on the rise. This is addition to other funding initiatives that are managed by WYDOT aimed at improving the state's transportation network.

In 2015, Cole County Public Works completed a sidewalk project connecting Business 50 West to Rainbow Drive along Pioneer Trail Drive. The sidewalk continued along Rainbow Drive before ending at Hunters Run Road.

Work on $1M trail underway, more projects on districts agenda

The road has been used by motorists to get around the congestion of Emory Road and Tazewell Pike. Its emblematic of the larger problem of growth.

If you have been waiting for the CTH A Bike Trail project to get started, there is good news.

Two grants from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will allow the City of Janesville to improve 1.41 miles of the

Port Clintons much-anticipated Portage River walkway project should be doen and ready to open in early June, Mayor Mike Snider said.

Louisa County Engineer Adam Shutt has been spearheading the project, which involves asphalting a shoulder of County Road X17 and 145th Street, and told the supervisors grant and other funding for the trail had come up short.

Vera House is helping train men to be allies in the fight against relationship violence.