Sedalia groups looking to close the last gap in the 240-mile statewide Katy Trail | Sedalia Democrat

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Visitors on the Katy Trail can enjoy hiking, biking, walking or running for 240 consecutive miles across Missouri with one 1.4-mile exception in Sedalia.

When visitors reach Boonville Road in Sedalia, they are greeted with an asphalt city street and a small brown sign: “Katy Trail State Park. Follow 1.4 mile Street Route.” Once those visitors do their best to follow small Katy Trail signs with arrows posted under stop signs and street signs directing them through winding, narrow city streets, they emerge back on the Katy Trail near Hancock Avenue and Fourth Street at the rear of the Katy Depot.

The City of Sedalia, Katy Trail Sedalia Inc., and state Rep. Nathan Beard, R-Sedalia, have been working together to gain funding to complete the only disconnect in the Katy Trail.

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Sedalia groups looking to close the last gap in the 240-mile statewide Katy Trail | Sedalia Democrat

MoBikeFed comment: The funding was approved by the General Assembly as part of the 2016 budget. The only concern now is that Governor Nixon can line-item veto or withhold funding, depending on the budget situation throughout the year.

But it all goes well, this final gap in the Katy Trail will finally be fixed.

Kudos to Sedalia city, local advocates, and especially Sedalia's State Rep., Nathan Beard, who was a champion for this funding.