AMES, Iowa – Nov. 12, 2025 – Today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $3,127,377 for nine State Recreational Trails Program projects. Among the projects and approved funding, was $285,000 for the Wabash Trace/Rapp Park Connector Trail (in Page County), and $500,000 for the Great American Rail Trail: Weston to Underwood (Pottawattamie County Conservation Board).

The State Recreational Trails Program was created in 1988 with the purpose of developing and maintaining recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both motorized and non-motorized trail users. This funding is available to cities, counties, state agencies, local governments, and nonprofit organizations through an annual application-based program.

The other projects and approved funding amounts are listed below.

• Clay County Connection Phase 3 (Dickinson County) : $295,000
• Grant Wood Trail Connection to Cedar Valley Nature Trail
  (Cedar Rapids) : $200,000
• Great Western Trail Rehabilitation Phase 2 (Warren County Conservation Board) : $543,200
• Heritage Trail Bridge 30 Replacement (Dubuque County Conservation Board) : $170,250
• Neal Smith Trail Reconstruction and Birdland Park Connection
  (Des Moines) : $200,000
• Prairie Restoration Trail (Laurens) : $433,927
• Waukee Regional Trail Connection and Safety Improvements Project (Waukee) : $500,000.