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Plans for 144-mile Missouri Rock Island Trail trail still alive after state wins negotiation extension | Outdoors | stltoday.com

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 2:34pm

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The state of Missouri and an Ameren subsidiary have until New Years Eve to come to an agreement over the future of a 144-mile former rail line that parks boosters would like to turn into a biking trail.

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board on Tuesday allowed the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to keep negotiating with Missouri Central Railroad over an Interim Trail Use Agreement.

The extension comes after the two sides asked for an extension in January that would allow negotiations to continue until August. Gov. Mike Parson last month signed legislation creating an endowment that would fund park development in lieu of taxpayer dollars.

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Plans for 144-mile Missouri Rock Island Trail trail still alive after state wins negotiation extension | Outdoors | stltoday.com
MoBikeFed comment: More information about the current Rock Island Trail status, including this development, at:

https://mobikefed.org/2019/08/rock-island-trail-update-missouri-state-pa...

The good news is, that this will *probably* be the last extension of these negotiations.

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