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Highway staff announce state grants for park access and bike-trail phase; board discusses selling excess right-of-way bought in 1986
Summary
Public works staff reported two recent grants — $375,000 from a state park road account for access near Bemidji State Park and $770,000 toward a safe‑routes bike‑trail phase — and sought board direction on divesting several excess right‑of‑way parcels acquired during a 1986 road relocation.
Bruce (Highway Department staff) told the board that Beltrami County recently received two grants: a $375,000 state park road account award to support access work tied to an existing project near Bemidji State Park, and a $770,000 award toward a safe‑routes/safe‑schools bike‑trail phase intended to connect the high school to downstream segments.
Bruce said the Casa 20/North Side project near the lake is now roughly two‑thirds funded and estimated “about $3,000,000” in total cost; the $375,000 grant is targeted to public recreational access. He described the bike‑trail funding as percentage funding for phase 3 (from the high school to Gene Dillon), following…
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