Capitol Day: Active transportation organization pushes for state trail expansion | KOMU

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The Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation hosted its 14th annual Capitol Day to discuss trail expansion with state legislators on Monday.

“Advocating for bicycle and pedestrian trails is not necessarily the first thing your elected representative would likely consider,” Brent Hugh, Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation executive director, said. “Unless citizens come and talk to them about what’s important in their own communities, they are not mind readers.”

The organization advocated for expansion of the Rock Island Trail, a route that stretches 47 miles and intersects with the Katy Trail in Windsor, Missouri.

Ameren owns 144 miles of land that Missouri Department of Natural Resources could use to expand the trail from Kansas City to St. Louis.

Hugh thinks extending the trail could generate more economic and social value to mid-Missouri and attract more tourists both within and outside the state.

“If we want our community to thrive, we have to have to invest in it first,” Hugh said. “This is some kind of investment that pays back so many dividends, and even pays for itself in its economic returns.

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Capitol Day: Active transportation organization pushes for state trail expansion | KOMU