Rock Island Trail: Proposed Missouri hiking, biking trail draws mixed response | KMOV.com St. Louis
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A proposal to transform an abandoned rail corridor into a 145-mile, cross-state biking and hiking trail is drawing praise from outdoor enthusiasts and concerns from some landowners.
If converted, the Missouri Rock Island Trail would stretch from Windsor in the western part of the state to the Franklin County town of Beaufort in the east while twice crossing the 236-mile Katy Trail, which is also a state park.
During a meeting Thursday in the mid-Missouri town of Westphalia, Keith Laughlin, president of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy encouraged attendees to "look at the opportunity" of transforming a corridor that hasn't seen train traffic in 30 years, the Jefferson City News-Tribune reports. He said it would serve as an asset that "boosts the economy of every community it will pass through." . . .
Concerns, however, include increased vehicle and pedestrian traffic, access to land for livestock, and biosecurity, said Leslie Holloway, director of regulatory affairs at the Missouri Farm Bureau.
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