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Indianapolis, state and community partners open new Nickel Plate Trail extension
Summary
City and state officials, funders and neighborhood groups held a ribbon-cutting for a roughly 10.3-mile extension of the Nickel Plate Trail, citing improved regional connectivity, economic opportunity for nearby businesses and multiple public and private funding sources that supported construction.
City and state officials, community groups and private backers gathered at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Allisonville corridor to mark the opening of a new leg of the Nickel Plate Trail that links the Monon Trail area near the Indiana State Fairgrounds north to the Marion–Hamilton County line.
Todd Wilson, director of the Indianapolis Department of Public Works, opened the event by welcoming attendees to “the new Nickel Plate Trail” and thanking contractors and local partners who helped deliver the project.
“It's great to be standing here, both as a DPW director, but also as an Indianapolis resident who lives near the monumental addition to our city,” Wilson said, adding thanks to contractors and to Paragon Realty for hosting the ribbon cutting.
Mayor Joe Hogsett described the project as the product of long-running collaboration across city, county and state lines. “The level of investment and the level of partnership that…
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