The state transportation commission recently approved funding for links to several existing recreational trails and some new ones.
The DOT’s Scott Flagg oversees the trail program and says the Fontana Park Learning and Discovery Trail near Hazleton is getting nearly $240,000.
The State Recreational Trails Program requires 25-percent of the project to be paid for by the city or county getting the funds. Flagg says they had more than forty applications requesting more than $21 million in this latest round.
