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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">November 20, 2017</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Tammy Miller, 573-874-7465 or 573-874-7460</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">MKT Trail Closure to begin Nov. 27</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">Columbia Parks and Recreation will begin bridge replacement work on the MKT Trail on Monday, Nov. 27. A quarter-mile section of the trail will be closed starting that day, from the northeast side of the 3M Wetlands to just southwest of the Stadium Boulevard underpass.</p>
<p>Bridges 5, 7 and 8 will be replaced. The wooden bridges are more than 120 years old.</p>
<p>Parks and Recreation forestry crews will start preparing the site for construction on Nov. 27. The project contractor, Boone Construction, will begin bridge demolition shortly after that date.</p>
<p>The bridge replacement project and trail closure may last through the end of March 2018, weather dependent. Trail detours around the construction site will include a combination of City streets and trails. Trail users are encouraged to take advantage of other City trails or find an alternate route. A trail directory is available at <a href="https://www.como.gov/ParksandRec/Trails/">https://www.como.gov/ParksandRec/Trails/</a>. The MKT Trail may still be accessed at Flat Branch Park, Forum Nature Area and the Scott Boulevard trailhead.</p>
<p>The project is budgeted at about $761,000 and is funded by the voter-approved Park Sales Tax and a Recreational Trails Program grant.</p>
<p>View the attached map to see the closure area and detours. For additional details about the project, visit: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.como.gov%2FParksandRec%2FParks%2FMKT_Trail%2F&h=ATPkkvzzIkdql4LWPdFUhuErV7w50XnT5e9h7FVXvwdLVq9HWvJFy4DbcgBuR-t6z-BcIJA49R9xzSx251DA4zhX47Qk5lVVJIR49FHjYT6yjRHMp1LZHWmiZfdJPukQSAqkxp7hD_3w6cTyoYprZg8VACji8yGXvqi28CyWmzMZ5gGySg6mdUlLlD3JnxK1z3qPXYhD-pYr_o33iOEMU-z_mVbmHhHINkNb7tUvxoEtzIVW">https://www.como.gov/ParksandRec/Parks/MKT_Trail/</a></p></div>
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