FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne’s Greenways Department has been awarded a $400,000 Indiana Trails Program grant from the Department of Natural Resources for development of the Carroll Road segment of the Fishing Line Trail in partnership with Huntertown, Allen County and Fort Wayne Trails, Inc.
The following was released:
The .72 mile Carroll Road segment is located between Millstone Drive and State Road 3/Lima Road and will fill in a gap in the Carroll Road Trail that will provide connectivity to the Allen County Fairgrounds, four schools on Bethel Road, the Poka-Bache Connector/Pufferbelly Trail and several commercial properties. The trail segment is within 1 mile of approximately 9,240 residents in Fort Wayne and Huntertown.
Currently in Fort Wayne, the Fishing Line Trail runs between West Cook Road and West Washington Center Road. Plans for the trail include links to Noble and LaGrange counties. When complete, the Fishing Line Trail will run between Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Construction of the Carroll Road segment of the Fishing Line Trail should begin in 2027 with completion in the spring of 2028.
The Fort Wayne Area Trails Network consists of 165 miles of trails, with 110 miles inside City limits. Most of the trails in City limits are planned, designed, constructed and maintained by the City of Fort Wayne, under the leadership of Mayor Sharon Tucker.
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