At Thursday’s Hays City Commission meeting, commissioners will consider funding improvements on the Big Creek levee to build upon the city’s trail system.

The Bike Hays System includes plans for a levee trail segment, improvements that would run from Main Street to Eighth Street.

According the meeting agenda, budgeted dollars will provide a base segment of the section from Main to the Fort Hays State University pedestrian bridge. The remaining segment, projected to cost $226,000, would run from the bridge to Eighth Street.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has agreed to pay $136,000 of the cost, if the city pays the remaining $91,000.

According to the agenda, city staff will recommend to commissioners that $91,000 be drawn from a fund designated for stormwater flood control capital projects to pay its portion of the bill.

For more on the city’s meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, click HERE.