By Jill Braley
The Columbia Basin Trust has come through and awarded the Kaslo Trailblazers Society with matching grant funding in the amount of $55,000. This makes it possible for the bridge to be completed this year.
Society members have been very busy writing grant applications in hopes of being able to order the steel to build a pedestrian bridge that will connect the north and south sides of the trail along the Kaslo River. The bridge will span 106 feet across the Kaslo River at its narrowest gorge.
The total cost for the bridge is approx. $112,000. At the society's recent AGM it was mentioned the group had raised $57,000 since 2005, after expenses. The group were hoping one of the grant applications they had submited would be successful.
The Society wishes to express a big thank you to the Columbia Basin Trust, all the Trailblazer volunteers, and everyone who has taken out memberships, purchased benches, picnic tables, bridge treads, given in kind donations and more. Volunteers are always needed for trail work/maintenance. For further information please call Val Koenig 353-2168 or Silvio Lettrari 353-2968 |
April 2, 2007 - Kaslo Trailblazers Article in Valley Voice 
