The Iowa Transportation Commission recently approved more than one million dollars in funding for five projects under the State Recreational Trails Program.
The director of the DOT Office of Systems Planning, Craig Markley, says a $360,000 grant will go to replace a bridge over Wolf Creek on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail in Black Hawk County. Markley says the 21-foot long bridge has been closed since September of 2015 and that has caused a lengthy detour on county roads. The old bridge was made of wood and the new one will be made with concrete and be wider, The $850,000 project is expected to help the flow of the creek. The Davis County Regional Trail project received $230,000.