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2024 Progress and News

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Jly '24 Vandalia Trail Progress in Indianapolis
Jan '24 20th Anniversary of NRHT, Inc. Initiative

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July 2024
Vandalia Trail Makes Progress in Indianapolis in Early 2024: 

After several years of collaboration with supporters and local partners on the west side of Indianapolis, the White Lick Creek and Vandalia Trail Alliance is pleased to announce the following exciting accomplishments and progress that have occurred along the proposed Vandalia Trail corridor (dotted line on following map) in the first half of 2024:
  • The Indianapolis Airport Authority entered into an easement with White Lick Creek and Vandalia Trail Alliance for a 1.9-mile long trail easement to route the Vandalia Trail Phase 1 along the north side of North Perimeter Road to Girls School Road.
  • An adjacent property owner east of Bridgeport Road donated a small but key trail easement.
  • Barkocy Surveying of Greenwood donated a thorough, detailed survey description for an oddly shaped .25-mile easement being pursued, allowing submittal of that easement for owner approval.
  • The other remaining easement needed for Phase 1 is also well along in negotiations.
  • Indianapolis DPW has raised the priority of the Vandalia Trail, having published a Request for Qualifications for firms to design the entire Vandalia Trail across the west side of Indianapolis, with the objective to start the design work this fall.
  • The Vandalia Trail was added to the city's 5-year plan for complete streets and trails.
Vandalia Trail corridor proposed route on west side of Indianapolis

January 2024
20th Anniversary of NRHT, Inc. Initiative: 

This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the cross-Indiana NRHT, Inc. initiative.  It began as a study and steering group incorporated on May 12, 2004, operating within the Indiana Trails Fund 501(c)3, to promote expansion of the 15 miles of trails open at that time (history) and later became an independent 501(c)3 focused on this objective.  The team of associated communities and volunteer groups has grown the system to 72 miles of open trails, plus 16 more miles preserved for future development.  The original trails were in Terre Haute, Greencastle-Fillmore (People Pathways), Plainfield, Indianapolis, and Greenfield.  Another key early support in 2004 that funded the important 9-volume NRHT Development Guide came from the State's Quality of Place Initiative (QPI).  The linked map shows the current trail system, having averaged about 3 new miles per year, with the longest continuous segment being 20 miles.

 


 

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