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Springfield to apply for BUILD Transportation Grant

The proposed "Grant Avenue Parkway Trail Connection Project" would begin at Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium and lead to Downtown Springfield and eventually Commercial Street.
Bailey Vassalli
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KSMU
The proposed "Grant Avenue Parkway Trail Connection Project" would begin at Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium and lead to Downtown Springfield and eventually Commercial Street.
The proposed "Grant Avenue Parkway Trail Connection Project" would begin at Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium and lead to Downtown Springfield and eventually Commercial Street.
Credit Bailey Vassalli / KSMU
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KSMU
The proposed "Grant Avenue Parkway Trail Connection Project" would begin at Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium and lead to Downtown Springfield and eventually Commercial Street.

Springfield officials say they would like to create a path – or corridor – that would let pedestrians and cyclists go all the way from the Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium to downtown Springfield, and eventually, to Commercial Street.Click above to listen as you read along

Springfield Public Works plans to apply for a BUILD Transportation grant that could help make that happen.

Cora Scott, a spokeswoman for the City of Springfield, said several departments are putting together a proposal for the federal grant.

“It’s a really competitive grant process, but we thought we would throw our hat in the ring and put together a proposal for a corridor,” Cora Scott said.

The “Grant Avenue Parkway Trail Connection Project” would be off-street and would provide safer and better access to some of Springfield’s premiere destinations.

It would also connect to the existing Ozark Greenways Incorporated trail network.

The proposal is still in the works, so Scott said there is no word on how much the project would cost.

As part of the grant requirements, the city would need to come up with a 20 percent match to the grant funding.

There is no guarantee Springfield will be awarded the grant.

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Bailey began working for KSMU as a photography intern in October of 2017. She also works as a photographer with Missouri State University Photographic Services and as both a photographer and senior reporter with The Standard, Missouri State’s student newspaper. Previously, she has interned with the Snohomish County Tribune, the Sullivan Independent News and Babe Ruth League. Once she graduates in December of 2018, she hopes to work as a photojournalist — whether that means freelancing or with a newspaper.