The Coast-to-Coast Connector bicycle trail is a proposed 250 mile bicycle and multi-use trail across Florida.[1] The trail would provide a path connecting the Gulf of Mexico on peninsular Florida's west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's east coast. Legislation in support of the planned trail passed the Florida House of Representatives in April 2014 and would fund it with $15.5 million.[2] Florida State Senator Andy Gardiner of Orlando is one of the plan's leading supporters. Legislation funding the trail with $50 million was vetoed in 2013 by Governor Rick Scott in 2013.[2] The funding would be used close gaps in the trail route. The estimated cost of the project is $45 million. It would incorporate existing public spaces and trails including:
- Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail
- Starkey Trail
- Suncoast Trail
- Good Neighbor Trail
- Withlacoochee State Trail
- General James A. Van Fleet State Trail
- South Lake Trail
- West Orange Trail
- Clarcona-Ocoee Trail
- Pine Hills Trail
- Seminole-Wekiva Trail
- Rinehart Trail
- Spring to Spring Trail
- East Central Regional Rail Trail
References
edit- ^ Coast-to-coast Florida bike trail could cruise to approval this year January 27, 2014, by Aaron Deslatte Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ a b House backs Senate's coast to coast bike trail plan
External links
edit- Coast to Coast Connector Florida Greenways & Trails Foundation
- Florida Coast to Coast Trail at 100 Florida Trails
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