The Iron Belle Trail will run from Belle Isle in Detroit to Ironwood in the western Upper Peninsula. Mackinaw Straits crossing will be via ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinaw Island and then continue by ferry to St. Ignace. It is composed of two separate trails, one for hiking the other for biking. The 1,273-mile hiking route (69% complete) incorporates a large portion of the existing North Country National Scenic Trail. It traverses the west side of the Lower Peninsula and borders Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula. The 791-mile bicycle route (64% complete) utilizes existing multi-use trails and follows US-2, a designated national bicycling route in the Upper Peninsula.
The current plan, as it passes through the Flint area will run two blocks from my home. We look froward to accessing this trail as it connects several existing trails in the Flint area.
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But it does show that bike paths are now being included as part of the design and construction of all road work in the designated path areas.
TART in Traverse City will begin the final leg of the trail the goes around Boardman Lake in town. The remaining segment will cost close to $4million dollars to complete and is less than three miles long but will be on a boardwalk over water/wetland and along the shoreline.
MUP trails are expensive, expecially when they are constructed within a existing infrastructure and/or when private land has to be purchased and it is scenic.
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Are you saying they are extending eastward past the casino area?
We tried to buy a house in Sutton Bay, my wife loved it, I knew it would become a money pit and thankfully they didn't take our offer. The town is also a tourist trap on the weekends in the summer and rolls up the sidewalks in the winter. We ended up buying in T.C.