Monteagle Receives Nearly $1 Million Grant to Extend Mountain Goat Trail
Monteagle Receives Multimodal Grant to Extend Mountain Goat Trail across Interstate 24
Patrick Dean, Executive Director of the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, and Lawson Bordley, engineer, on the former railroad bridge across I-24 which will become part of the Mountain Goat Trail.
The Town of Monteagle, Tennessee, has been awarded a Tennessee Department of Transportation Multimodal Access Grant in the amount of $947,737. With this grant, the Mountain Goat Trail will be extended from Tower Community Bank westward across the former railroad bridge over Interstate 24 to Waffle House. The $50,000 match for this grant will be funded by the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance.
TDOT’s Multimodal Access Grant is a state-funded program created to support the transportation needs of transit users, pedestrians and bicyclists through infrastructure projects that address existing gaps along state routes. Multimodal facilities play an important role in providing transportation choices for people across Tennessee. With half of all trips in the United States being three miles or less, good walking, biking and transit facilities are essential to the continued growth and success of our towns and cities.
The Mountain Goat Trail Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to building a multi-use, multimodal walking and cycling trail connecting the communities along the path of the historic Mountain Goat Railroad. For more information visit https://www.mountaingoattrail.org