1. Project Name: Ankeny Connector - High Trestle Trail

Sponsor: Polk County Conservation Board

Contact: Loren Lown

11407 NW Jester Park Drive

Granger, IA 50109-9675

Description: This project will extend the 25 mile long High Trestle Trail another

six miles from the center of Ankeny to the north side of Des Moines.

This important link in the Central Iowa Trail Network will link the north of

the Des Moines Metro to the High Trestle Trail, Ankeny's new AMP

project and many other trails. The trail will provide an alternative

recreation and transportation resource for an underserved area of the

metro.

Total Cost: $5,120,000

Requested Amount : $ 782,500 (15%)







2. Project Name: Cedar Valley Nature Trail Bridge E4 Replacement

Sponsor: Black Hawk County Conservation Board

Contact: Vern Fish, Executive Director

1346 W. Airline Hwy

Waterloo, IA 50703

Description: This application provides for demolition and replacement of the

existing Cedar Valley Nature Trail Bridge E4. The new bridge will be

constructed utilizing a 10' wide, 110' long prefabricated structure.

Total Cost: $214,542

Requested Amount : $160,906 (75%)





3. Project Name: Coon Rapids Connector Trail Underpass

Sponsor: City of Coon Rapids

Contact: Jessica Leighty, City Clerk

123 3rd Street

Coon Rapids, IA 50058

Description: The proposed project would construct a trail underpass under

Iowa Highway 141. This underpass would connect the City of Coon

Rapids Trail System, the Riverside Park Trail and the Whiterock

Conservancy Trail networks.

Total Cost: $299,250

Requested Amount : $224,437 (75%)







4. Project Name: Great River Road Bike Lane

Sponsor: Louisa County Secondary Roads

Contact: Larry Roehl, County Engineer

8313 K Avenue

Wapello, IA 52653

Description: The project will be to provide matching funding for paving a

shoulder along Louisa County Road X61 (Great River Road) for a 13

mile length. Louisa County X61 is a shared use route for bicycles and

vehicles. The project will provide a separated line to increase safety for

bicycles vehicular traffic. The project will be performed on the existing

road shoulders within the road Right of Way.

Total Cost: $1,690,000

Requested Amount : $ 340,000 (20%)



5. Project Name: Hoover Trail - "The Missing Link"

Sponsor: Johnson County Conservation Board

Contact: Larry Gullett, Executive Director

2048 Highway 6 NW

Oxford, IA 52322

Description: Connecting this 5.8 mile "missing link" of the Hoover Trail from Ely

to Solon will connect more than 200 miles of trails in eastern Iowa,

including four of Iowa's largest communities and 10 urban trail systems

in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls and Waterloo. The counties

directly touched by completing the hard-surfaced trail include: Johnson,

Linn, Buchanan, Benton and Black Hawk, which have a combined

population of 534,487, according to 2013 census bureau estimates.

This proposal includes for the design, engineering and environmental

and cultural assessments.

Total Cost: $606,000

Requested Amount : $454,000 (75%)





6. Project Name: Iowa DNR AmeriCorps Trail Crew

Sponsor: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Contact: Whitney S. Davis

502 E. 9th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319-8959

Description: Rehabilitation and development of trails in Iowa's state parks,

upward of 100 miles.

Total Cost: $395,000

Requested Amount : $296,250 (75%)





7. Project Name: Iowa River Trail Phase 1 Development

Sponsor: City of Marshalltown

Contact: Terry Gray, Parks and Recreation Director

24 N. Center Street

Marshalltown, IA 50158

Co-Sponsor: Hardin County

Contact: Nancy Lauver , Board Secretary

1215 Edgington Avenue

Eldora, IA 50627

Description: Construct 9,915 LF (1.88 miles) of 8-10' wide hard surfaced trail in

Marshalltown and Hardin County, construct 357 LF of wood decking

and railings on the Steamboat Rock Iowa River Bridge and two smaller

structures in Marshalltown and Hardin County.

Total Cost: $1,335,000

Requested Amount : $ 775,000 (58%)







8. Project Name: Lake Path Trail / JewEllsworth Trail Segment

Sponsor: Hamilton County Conservation Board

Contact: Brian Lammers, Executive Director

2490 Briggs Woods Trail

Webster City, IA 50595

Description: The proposed project is to construct a 2.3 mile hard surfaced

multi-purpose recreational trail between the communities of Jewell and

Ellsworth that would include the National Natural Landmark of Goose

Lake. This will be the first step in a multi-phase project connecting the

two communities together. The second immediate phase is to connect

the trail to Little Wall Lake, another natural glacial lake just 1.5 miles to

the south.

Total Cost: $862,853

Requested Amount : $647,140 (75%)





9. Project Name: Mississippi River Trail - Pikes Peak Road to Guttenberg

Sponsor: Clayton County

Contact: Rafe Koopman, Clayton County Office Building

600 Gunder Road NE, Suite 14

Elkader, IA 52043

Description: This project will place a 6-foot wide, 3-inch thick HMA overlay on

26.4 miles of the MRT, 13.2 miles of trail on each side of the Great

River Road/County Road X56 in Clayton County, from Pikes Peak Road

to Guttenberg. This is a popular MRT segment for tourists, especially

those traveling between Pikes Peak State Park, private campgrounds,

trout streams or state and federal natural areas and Guttenberg. Both

roadway and the MRT have aged and deteriorated, so the overlay of the

trail will be completed at the same time as the overlay of the roadway.

Total Cost: $1,369,575

Requested Amount : $1,027,181 (75%)







10. Project Name: Pottawattamie County Trail-Phase I

Sponsor: Pottawattamie County Conservation Board

Contact: Mark Shoemaker

223 South 6th street

Council Bluffs, IA 51501

Co Sponsor: Pottawattamie County Trail Board

Contact: Brian Shea , President

223 South 6th Street

Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Description: Pottawattamie County proposes to design, engineer and construct

approximately 15 miles of multi-use trail from Council Bluffs to Neola.

The request is for Phase I of a multi-phase project which will develop a

trail throughout Pottawattamie County connecting all communities as

well as linking to trails within the region.

Total Cost: $1,930,000

Requested Amount : $ 700,000 (36%)





11. Project Name: Red Cedar Trail and Connector

Sponsor: Linn County Conservation Board

Contact: Randy Burke, Planner

10260 Morris Hills Road

Toddville, IA 52341

Co Sponsor: Linn Area Mountain Bike Association

Contact: Michelle Barker , President

PO Box 2768

Cedar Rapids, IA 52406

Description: The Red Cedar Trail will create an all-new trail experience at

Squaw Creek County Park - a family friendly singletrack loop tied

directly to existing park infrastructure. The targets of this loop are new

trail users, lacking the confidence, fitness, or skill, to consider

wandering completely out of sight of familiar surroundings, such as

youth on strider bikes or the older fitness walkers resorting to walking

along the park roads. The concept alignment, mirroring the Ski Lodge

Road loop, balances forest and meadow sections. When crossing

meadows, the concept stays high on the hill to provide views over the

newly restored prairie wetland. Forest segments "play" with the

landscape's contour. Suggestions to configure the loop to cross the

road are not made lightly, but such an alignment has the potential to

create a more sustainable trail while respecting the northern slopes

hosting winter sports activities. The Red Cedar Loop and Connector will

be approximately 8,500 feet in length.

Total Cost: $75,000

Requested Amount : $55,000 (73%)



12. Project Name: SW 5th (Jackson) Street Bridge Rehabilitation

Sponsor: City of Des Moines Park and Recreation

Contact: Mindy S. Moore, Park Planner II

3226 University Avenue

Des Moines, IA 50311

Description: The existing bridge is a 392 foot long by 25 feet wide, three-span

steel through high-truss, originally built in 1898 for urban wagon traffic.

It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its

architectural significance as well as its association with bridge

construction practices in the late 1800s. The bridge was converted to

pedestrian use in 1998. A subsequent inspection identified significant

deterioration and an inability to calculate the load capacity, which

caused the bridge to be closed to all use in March 2013.

Total Cost: $3,740,000

Requested Amount : $ 500,000 (13%)



