A Missouri senator representing the Lake Area is sponsoring a bill which, if signed into law, would create the Rock Island Trail State Park Endowment Fund. Mike Bernskoetter, of the 6th district, says the “rails-to-trails” project would span some 200-miles connecting Windsor in the west to Beaufort in the east, potentially spurring a flurry of economic growth for locations along the trail. Senate Bill-473 has been read twice in the Senate and was the subject of a committee hearing this past Monday. At the current time, however, the bill does not appear on the calendar for further consideration.
