Grants could fund more walkways

March 12, 2014 Grants could fund more walkways

Anonymous The Meridian Star The Meridian Star Wed Mar 12, 2014, 05:00 AM CDT

MERIDIAN Terri Ferguson Smith

tsmith@themeridianstar.com

County officials are applying for two grants that could provide more walking areas.

Kawana McCary, of the East Central Planning and Development District, said the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors is in the process of applying for a Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks grant that could provide up to $100,000 to extend a walking trail at Q.V. Sykes Park.

It's an 80/20 grant, which means the county would have to provide 20 percent of the cost in matching funds. There is a half-mile walking trail already there. The next phase would lengthen it to about a mile, McCary said.

"It loops back behind the football field," she said. "This would take it around the pond."

There is not yet a design for the project or a cost estimate. The board earlier this month just took the first steps in applying for the grant, she said.

The county applied for another grant last month a Mississippi Department of Transportation 80/20 grant for a $635,000 walkway near Sowashee Creek.

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