The funds will pay for designing the trail segment within Maplewood State Park
5:30 pm, Jan. 29, 2021
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The Perham to Pelican Rapids Regional Trail will run alongside this narrow section of Highway 34, requiring acres of fill. (Focus file photo)
The Otter Tail County Commission has accepted a $375,000 state grant to design the part of the Perham to Pelican Rapids Regional Trail that goes through Maplewood State Park.
At the Tuesday, Jan. 26, meeting, the commission gave Nick Leonard, deputy administrator, the go-ahead to work with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on the project.
"That was a five-segment project, the fifth segment being within the park boundaries," Leonard said. The other segments of the trail, which will stretch 32 miles when completed, have already been funded.