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Council hears proposal to pursue Great American Rail Trail feasibility study linking Douglas and Casper
Summary
JD Cox, city administrator for Douglas, told the Casper City Council the cities and counties are preparing to apply for a $250,000 Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program grant to study a potential Great American Rail Trail route between Douglas and Casper.
JD Cox, city administrator for Douglas, told the Casper City Council that planners are preparing to apply for a Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program grant to study a potential route of the Great American Rail Trail from Douglas to Casper.
The study Cox described would be a $250,000 feasibility grant to help “connect the dots” between existing trails in Douglas, Glenrock and Casper and to produce routing and cost estimates for the corridor. “We are going to be applying for a grant ... It’ll be a $250,000 grant that would would study the feasibility from Douglas all the way to Casper,” Cox said.
The proposal would rely on the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy national program for technical support and on local partners for planning. Cox said the…
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