Kansas gets major federal grant for Flint Hills Trail improvements

Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks today announced that Kansas is the recipient of a $24.8 million federal grant, made possible by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity” (RAISE) program. In May, Governor Kelly wrote to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation in support of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Park’s application for funding to expand the Flint Hills Trail – the longest trail in Kansas and the eighth-longest rail-trail in the United States.