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Park District reports TAP grant for trail repaving, land purchase and event changes
Summary
Park District representative Dave Whitehouse updated the commissioners on a TAP grant to repave the Gatt Trail, installation of trail head‑count loggers, riprap and fencing at a problem section of the Hartford trail, the opening of a Mohican river landing, a signed $1 purchase for 165 acres at the Developmental Center Woodlands and planning for a 2027 levy and the Fire and Ice event (tentatively Dec. 6).
Dave Whitehouse of the Park District told the Knox County Board of Commissioners that a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant was awarded to repave the Gatt Trail and that the district is in final phase‑3 engineering and plans to solicit bids with a flexible work window (May–September) to attract competitive bids.
Whitehouse said five of 11 trail usage data loggers are en route; the devices selected are "less invasive" head…
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