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Deal in works to extend Katy Trail

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting today that bicyclists who want to experience the entire Katy Trail to Machens, Mo., may be able to do it as soon as the summer of 2007.

An 11-mile section of the trail between St. Charles and Machens, a hamlet just south of Portage des Sioux, has been uncompleted for years. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the North County Levee District hope to reach an agreement that would reroute at least part of the trail on a levee, the Post reports.

The extension of the trail would make put it closer to linking with the Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River into Illinois, thus tying into Madison County's extensive trail system.

The Post also mentions the effort to extend the Katy Trail from its current end point in Clinton, Mo., to the Kansas City area. The Missouri Bicycle Federation has been active in trying to convince Ameren into allowing an old railroad right-of-way it owns to be converted into a trail.

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