A grant application for $24,000 to the Monmouth County Park System has been approved by the state. The funds will be used for a 1,300-foot-long extension of the Henry Hudson Trail in Freehold Borough.
The paved 10-foot-wide, 24-mile-long Henry Hudson Trail has been developed on a former railroad right-of-way in portions of western and northern Monmouth County. With the planned extension the trail will extend from its current terminus in Freehold Borough to the town center, linking neighborhoods and parks, according to a press release.
The Christie Administration has approved 63 applications totaling $1,188,500 for recreational trail projects throughout New Jersey, according to a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) press release. The funds will come from the Federal Highway Administration’s Recreational Trails Program and are administered by the DEP’s Green Acres program, according to the press release.
The goal of the Recreational Trails Program is to improve public access to open space, provide outdoor recreation opportunities, develop trail linkages, create urban and suburban trail corridors and provide sites and facilities for additional and improved hiking, biking, horseback riding, and off-highway vehicle activities, according to the press release.