A hiking/biking trail linking Newton to Hesston along Old Highway 81 is possible but expensive, according to the engineer who performed a feasibility study for the county.
“A shared-use path is possible,” said Jay Anglemyer with MKEC Engineering, Inc. “It can be expensive, and we’ve accounted for those costs.”
Anglemyer’s projected cost for a 10-foot-wide concrete path was about $3.5 million. That figure accounted for contingencies of about $460,000. He said he would plan on contingencies, especially if the county was going to apply for a grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation. He said it did the county no good to be under budget such a project.
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