Surveying To Begin For Rail Trail Extension

Work to expand Monterey’s rail trail will get underway this week, according to Monterey grant writer Dawn Kupferer.

“The surveyor is coming this week to survey everything and to get the plans together for the bid packet,” Kupferer said. “Once we have all that together we can bid it out, accept bids, and look at the lowest bid to bring it back to you (aldermen).”

Monterey will be using $45,700 in grant funding to extend the trail from the farmers market to Walnut Street.

“It’s a good section because it links people from a large residential area to the farmers market,” Kupferer said. “This will help people to exercise more and experience the farmers market on days that its open.”

Once completed the entire trail will be more than a mile in length.

The grant will cover 100-percent of the cost to construct the extension.