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Weather FRIDAY Partly Cloudy 102/79 Submitted photos Great Rivers Greenway is celebrating the creation of two new projects, an expansion of the St. Vincent Greenway and a $15 million of funding for the Brickline Greenway project from the State of Missouri Capital Improvement Budget for 2024.
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Great Rivers Greenway debuts two projects to provide more accessibility to walking and biking paths across St. Louis region
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By Wendy Todd Thanks to Great Rivers Greenway, there are nearly 130 greenways that allow community members throughout the St. Louis area and St. Charles County to have more outdoor spaces connecting people and places. The organization is celebrating the creation of two new projects, an expansion of the St. Vincent Greenway and a $15 million of funding for the Brickline Gre-
enway project from the State of Missouri Capital Improvement Budget for 2024. The new paved and accessible St. Vincent Greenway path connects Pagedale to the Rock Road Transit Center and existing greenway in St. Vincent County Park. The Brickline project, which is estimated to cost $245 million, is envisioned as up to 13 miles of biking and walking paths that will connect up to 14 neighborhoods. The project is slated to begin in five to ten
years, as Great Rivers continues to raise funding. Great Rivers Greenway is a public agency created in 2000 by a vote of residents in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County mandating that a sales tax be put in place to support parks and greenways through the regions. The belief is that greenways offer a multitude of See ‘GREENWAY’ page 2
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