Cherokee Rock Village, Pinhoti Trail awarded grants

The grants were among 14 announced this week by Gov. Robert Bentley for route construction or alleviation projects in Alabama. The grants totaled $729,507.

“Recreational trails offer many advantages to Alabama communities,” Bentley said. “They foster earthy fitness, inspire family outings, boost tourism and are a source of honour for communities and those who use and assistance rise them. we trust these projects will inspire some-more Alabamians to take partial in outside activities and suffer a healthy wonders of a state.”

The Recreational Trails Grant Program, partial of a Federal Highway Administration, supports projects for walking and hiking, bicycling, boating and paddling, horseback roving and other uses. Local governments and nonprofit groups are awarded grants by ADECA and are compulsory to supply internal appropriation matches of during slightest 20 percent.

According to ADECA, a $100,000 will go to a Parks and Recreation Board of Cherokee County to acquire 100 acres of skill and erect 8 miles of route during Cherokee Rock Village Park. The house will squeeze dual miles of a deserted Tennessee, Alabama Georgia Railroad lane for route use, and an additional 6 miles of woodland trails will be built.

The land squeeze will enhance a park to 300 acres. There are 12 miles of existent trails during a park.

The Alabama Trails Association was awarded $4,200 to erect an overnight preserve for backpackers on a Pinhoti Trail. The 10-by-12-foot wooden preserve will accommodate 4 to 6 people.

The Pinhoti Trail starts nearby Talladega and stretches for 100 miles in Alabama and 140 miles in Georgia, where it connects with a Appalachian Trail.