Heart of Iowa Trail
During Tuesday’s meeting of the Story County Board of Supervisors, the board reached an agreement with Dakota Access to grant an easement for the company to cross the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail with the Bakken Pipeline. The company has been given permission for the Iowa Utilities Board to begin construction in the state and an attorney for the company said it is negotiating with the last four landowners in the state to obtain land rights to all the property along the proposed path of the pipeline. As part of the agreement with the board Tuesday, Dakota Access committed to donating $1.6 million to the county to help pave a four-mile stretch of the Heart of Iowa Trail. See Saturday’s paper for an in-depth look at how the pipeline project will impact the trail and those who use it.
See the other two things from the meeting...