IDOT_Bee Branch Trail MRT Routegrall Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010 515 -239 -1252
Fax: 515- 233 -7857
October 14, 2011
Laura Cartstens, Planning Services Manager
City of Dubuque
50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Ms. Cartstens;
Re: July 1, 2011 State Recreational Trails Program Funding Applications
Congratulations and thank you for submitting your State Recreational Trails Program funding
application for the July 1, 2011 funding cycle. We received 29 applications for review. On
October 11, 2011, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved funding assistance for the
following 12 projects. You will be required to sign a project agreement with the Iowa
Department of Transportation (DOT) prior to incurring reimbursable costs.
Bee Branch Creek Trail -MRT Route (Dubuque) $100,000
Bluff Creek OHV Park Development Plan (Iowa DNR) $ 60,000
Buffalo to Wild Cat Den Road Mississippi River Trail (Buffalo) $108,500
Cedar Valley Nature Trail Bridge at McFarlane Park
(Black Hawk County Conservation Board) $396,516
Central Iowa Trail Loop - Chichaqua Valley Trail to Gay Lea Wilson Trail
(Polk County Conservation Board) $753,750
Dickinson County Spine Trail- Henderson Woods to U.S. 71 in Arnolds
Park (Arnolds Park and Dickinson County Trails Board) $115,850
Gray's Lake Neighborhood Connecting Trail & SW 14th Quiet Street
(Des Moines) $439,920
Gypsum City OHV Park (Webster County Improvement Corporation
and Webster County Wheelers) $211,500
Iowa DNR Trails Program (Iowa DNR) $262,500
NW Beaver Drive Trail (Johnston) $181,464
Turkey River Recreational Corridor Trail - Elkader to Motor Mill
(Clayton County Conservation Board) $250,000
Water Trails Planning, Design, and Construction Activities 2011 -2013
(Iowa DNR) $120,000
The next State Recreational Trails Program grant application cycle is scheduled for July 1,
2012. Application forms and information are available on the Iowa DOT's Website at:
www. iowadot. gov/ systemsplanning /edstate_rectrails.htm. You can also contact me at 515-
239 -1252 or yvonne.diller @dot.iowa.gov.
Sincerely,
Yi on iet-kr l P-41
Federal and State Recreational
Trails Programs Manager
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