Here’s an interesting item from the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph about the McLean County Board meeting on Tuesday:
Also at its meeting, the County Board voted unanimously to apply for $2.4 million in federal grant money to turn the abandoned sections of Old Route 66 near Funks Grove into a bike trail. Total cost of the project is estimated at $3 million.
If the county receives the grant, it would have to come up with the other $600,000, according to the grant application approved by the board.
County Board member Stan Hoselton of Chenoa said that by applying for the grant, the county may have an opportunity to move forward on the project that has been planned since 1999.
Under the proposal, about 7½ miles of new bike trail would connect to Constitution Trail at the southern edge of Bloomington. Constitution Trail is a 24-mile walking and biking trail that winds through Bloomington and Normal.
The proposed trail would follow the 1920s alignment of Route 66. The section connecting Funk Grove is the first part of five that eventually would use the highway to build a bicycle route from McLean to Chenoa.
This undoubtedly will be part of an improvement to the Route 66 Bike Trail.
The effects of Wayne v. Boub on Illinois bike facilities.