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The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has pledged $25,000 toward a study to determine whether a trail to New Orleans is feasible. Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Jack Norberg of California runs on top of the Mississippi River levee where the paved section ends near the LSU campus. Supporters want to build a 110-mile levee-top trail that would link Baton Rouge to New Orleans. River ride A proposed levee trail could connect Baton Rouge to New Orleans >> by maggie heyn richardson photos by tim mueller It’s a cyclist’s dream: a 110-mile levee-top trail connecting Baton Rouge to New Orleans. The scenic thoroughfare would attract walkers, birders, runners and, especially, serious cyclists eager for a scenic stretch separate from the speeding cars below. The asphalt trail, say its champions, could reconnect Louisiana residents with the Mississippi River, provide a free vehicle for exercise, spark economic development in the chain of small towns along River Road, and even serve as an alternative transportation route for emergency vehicles during a hurricane. The project, called the Mississippi River Levee Multi-Use Trail, is being proposed by the Pontchartrain Levee District, which oversees levee boards along the river’s east bank, which includes East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension, St. James, St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes. Once completed, the trail would snake from East Baton Rouge Parish to the St. Charles Parish line. Discussed by local parish governments and the levee district since 2004, the project may finally be gaining traction. Most of the contributions toward a $250,000 feasibility study are in place, committed by the district, the six participating parishes, the State of Louisiana and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. State support came last year when then- Sen. Bill Cassidy sponsored a request for $100,000 in capital outlay funds. The group hopes to complete fund-raising and begin the study in the next few months, says coordinator Eric Poche of SJB Group in Baton Rouge. 21 Currents Q2 | 2009
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