Governor and Cabinet Approve Purchase of Trenton-Newberry Rail-Trail Project
Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet today approved
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP)
proposal to purchase a 9.33-mile corridor, known as the
Trenton-Newberry Rail Trail project. This corridor will
ultimately serve as an extension of the 31.7-mile Nature Coast
State Trail (NCST) that is managed by the DEP Office of
Greenways & Trails (OGT). Utilizing OGT’s Florida Forever
acquisition funding, DEP’s Division of State Lands (DSL)
negotiated this purchase with The Trust for Public Land, which
had entered into a purchase option agreement with CSX
Transportation. The NCST is a component of Florida’s Statewide
Greenways and Trails System and was recently designated as a
National Recreation Trail by the U.S. Department of the
Interior.
“Increasing the connectivity of this popular, multi-use state
trail, which already attracts more than 140,000 annual visitors,
will benefit the economy of this rural area,” said Jena Brooks,
Director of the DEP Office of Greenways & Trails....more |
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