PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Pittsburg officials will decide next week if they will accept a state transportation department grant worth more than $650,000 to build a proposed trail that has drawn opposition.
The Joplin Globe reports the trail would also be funded by about $250,000 in private donations. Some homeowners who live near the trail’s planned location oppose the project.
The Pittsburg City Commission will decide Tuesday whether it will take the $656,000 grant.
A Kansas transportation department official says it would be rare if the city declined it. Pittsburg was one of 20 chosen for it.
The transportation department said it received $50 million worth of requests for grants from the transportation alternatives program. The department has about $11 million in available funding for that program.