12 communities to split funding for recreational trails

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says 12 Kentucky communities will split nearly $700,000 to improve access to recreational trails. Beshear said in a statement on Monday that the projects will upgrade parks and recreational spaces across the state. Funding from the Recreational Trails Program will go to projects in the counties of Carroll, Franklin, Garrard, Harlan, Hart, Henderson, Martin, Perry and Shelby and the cities of Madisonville, Morganfield and Corbin. The funding will help communities develop, construct or maintain trails. Funding from the federal Recreational Trails Program is administered at the state level by the Department for Local Government to selected communities.