Urban Trail
Urban Trail
Walking to Work, to Shop, and to Live Healthy!
Project:
The Town of Corydon was awarded a grant from INDOT, from Federal Highway monies, to develop and build an Urban Trail in Corydon. The grant pays 80% of the $2.3 Million project, with the balance from local funds. The project is in the engineering stage with bidding planned in late 2026 and construction in 2027.
The trail will connect the Farmers Market, north on S Mulberry ST to E Chestnut ST with a single eight foot wide multi-use path. Then proceeding east on E Chestnut ST, two eight foot wide multi-use paths will be built (one on each side of E Chestnut ST) all the way to the Senior Loft Apartments and Rice Island Park. These paths are for walking, jogging, biking, skating, etc.
The concept of Urban Trail construction is to make our town more walking friendly from our downtown area to our amenities at Rice Island and our proposed Skate Park. It also provides better walking access from the Senior Loft Apartments to shops and restaurants downtown.
The long term goal would be to ultimately connect downtown to the Indian Creek Walking Trail system.
Yes. The idea behind the Urban Trail is to help give connectivity throughout the Town of Corydon. The trail will make it viable to walk from the Senior Lofts and Rice Island to the Downtown Retail District.
80% of the $2.3 Million project is funded by federal highway dollars, with the balance being local funds.
Not directly, but long term the goal is to do so.
