It’s 30 years in the making, and tonight the final phase of the Huckleberry Trail has officially opened.

A celebratory ribbon cutting happened Thursday night at Rising Silo Brewery, not too far from the final addition to the trail.

Officials in charge of the project said this final 3/4 of a mile stretch took over 23 years to complete. That’s because they had to get right-of-way to cross wetlands, something they started way back in 1996.

Now the Jefferson National Forest is accessible from the Huckleberry Trail.

“It’s a wonderful system and we hope a lot of people will come out and enjoy it," said Friends of the Huckleberry President Bill Ellenbogen. "This particular part of the trail has been long in the making and we’re excited that we’ve got it.”

The total price tag on this development was about 500,000 dollars. The total project was about five million dollars built with both town funds and grants.