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X-WR-CALNAME:Monon South Trail opens in Salem
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DESCRIPTION:The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Radius In
 diana celebrated the opening of the next segment of the Monon South Trail 
 today\, this time in the town of Salem.\n\nThe segment runs 3.3 miles sout
 h of downtown and includes 2.8 miles of paved surface and 0.5 miles of cru
 shed stone surface. The segment also hosts an original L&N boxcar that was
  restored thanks to a matching grant from more than 90 donors and the Indi
 ana Housing and Community Development Authority’s (IHCDA) CreatINg Place
 s program.\n\n“The Monon South Trail is opening new sections at a rapid 
 pace\, with this new section in Salem opening just weeks after Borden’s 
 trail section opened\,” said Dale Brier\, deputy director of community g
 rants and trails for Indiana State Parks. “At DNR\, we’re proud to fin
 ancially support this trail’s construction\, which will eventually be In
 diana’s longest.”\n \nTogether with previous openings in the towns of 
 Mitchell\, Orleans\, and Borden\, the Monon South Trail now has more than 
 12 miles of trail open to the public.\n \n"We're very pleased to be openin
 g more sections of the trail in time for people to enjoy the warmer weathe
 r\,” said Jeff Quyle\, president and CEO of Radius Indiana. “We've bee
 n fortunate to have such a productive construction team that has really ex
 pedited timely construction.”\n\nWith dedicated state funding support\, 
 DNR purchased the 62.3-mile Monon South corridor on behalf of New Albany a
 nd Radius Indiana for the combined sum of $5.5 million. DNR granted Radius
  an additional $22.3 million to support Phase 1 development\, which is exp
 ected to be completed by August\, offering Hoosiers and visitors alike ove
 r 20 miles of hard-surface trail along the historic former Monon Railroad 
 rail line.\n\nDNR has led the largest infusion of trails funding in state 
 history\, with $180 million in dedicated trail funding administered throug
 h DNR that facilitates critical trail connections within and between Hoosi
 er communities. With this opening\, 43 of the 89 projects are complete\, w
 ith another 22 under construction. With this opening\, more than 125 miles
  of trail have been built since the program’s inception.
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