The Town of Culver’s next construction phase of the Lake Maxinkuckee walking and biking trail has the support of the Marshall County Commissioners.
Culver Town Manager Jonathan Leist asked for the commissioners’ support of the next phase that runs along Academy Road which is in the county’s right-of-way. This is Culver’s proposed project in the Marshall County Crossroads Stellar Communities Designation application.
“The resolution is basically saying that the county commissioners would give us permission, if we would receive the grant, to put a trail in that right-of-way,” explained Leist. “It would be on the south side of Academy Road where there’s currently off-street parking. Two years ago we did a bike and pedestrian trail master plan for the Town of Culver and met with Culver Academies about how do we work out a trail. They own a significant amount of property around the lake so obviously we would want to work with them on that. This was the recommended route that we came up with.”
The project, if awarded, wouldn’t be constructed until 2022 or 2023.
The commissioners supported the effort by approving a resolution regarding this project within the application.
Leist added that a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held in the next two months to welcome the first phase of the Lake Maxinkuckee walking and biking trail, a project that received immense support from the county with the in-kind contribution of material and labor for the installation of the trail’s first six-tenths of a mile.
