ALERT: Pls complete Rock Island Trail survey soon!

[Brent Hugh]

Many of you have completed the Missouri State Parks Rock Island Trail survey already.

If you haven't--please do so ASAP!  If you have, please encourage every member of your household and every one of your cyclng, walking, hiking, running, or trails buddies to complete the survey--it's THAT important!

ALERT: Public comment needed in support of new 144-mile Rock Island Trail section by August 31st

Missouri State Parks has asked for public feedback on whether they should accept the next 144-mile section of the Rock Island Trail.

Please take a moment to complete the Survey, which is open through the end of August:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRQX56F

Work to create the statewide Rock Island Trail has been underway since 2015 and the first 47 miles of trail opened in December. The complete 191-mile Rock Island trail will connect with the Katy Trail in two places and has the potential to create an interconnected statewide trail network over 500 miles in length.

With a new Governor and new Missouri State Parks leadership in place, State Parks is carefully re-examining its options for the 144-mile section of railroad corridor, stretching from Windsor to near Washington, Missouri. State Parks is on a timeline to decide whether or not to accept the new trail corridor by early 2018.

The survey is a freeform response, and a simple, positive message "Please accept the Rock Island Trail" or "I support the Rock Island Trail" along with a sentence or two explaining why the trail is important to you and to Missouri.

Complete the survey here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YRQX56F

More information about the Rock Island Trail at http://rockislandtrail.org

More info about the current situation, including sample response topics for your survey is here:

http://mobikefed.org/2017/06/alert-missouri-state-parks-deciding-fate-next-144-mile-section-rock-island-trail-your-feedba



Blue: Complete & open
Orange: Work underway
Red: Currently at risk & the subject of the State Parks Survey

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Dr. Brent Hugh, LCI #1335    
Executive Director
Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation
Dire...@MoBikeFed.org
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