Mattoon to have meeting on bike trail grant application | News

MATTOON — A gathering to debate additional grant funding for growth of the Mattoon part of the Lincoln Prairie Grass bike path is about for Tuesday.

The assembly scheduled for five:30 p.m. can be for officers to debate a grant software for the subsequent section of the path enchancment venture, a information launch from the town of Mattoon stated.

The following section consists of extending the path from tenth Road to sixteenth Road. It is a part of a larger project that features extra expansions in Mattoon and Charleston and paving the path’s floor between the 2 cities.

The information launch stated the town plans to use for grant funding from an Illinois Division of Transportation program that was additionally used to fund earlier phases of the venture.

It stated the deliberate growth of the path would join it to Mattoon’s downtown space, together with the Amtrak prepare depot, public library and YMCA.

Public entry to the assembly can be obtainable by video due to restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, the discharge stated.

These concerned about collaborating within the assembly can acquire entry data by emailing a request to CreanD@mattoonillinois.org, the discharge stated.