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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">March 16, 2018</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Columbia Parks and Recreation
<br />Tammy Miller, 573-874-7465 or Janet Godon, 573-441-5495</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%;">Bridge replacement completed, MKT Trail reopens today</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">Columbia Parks and Recreation has completed bridge replacement work on the MKT Trail, and the trail is now reopened. </p>
<p>The construction project was completed ahead of schedule; Parks and Recreation staff had projected a completion date of March 31. The work began on Nov. 27, 2017.</p>
<p>Bridges 5, 7 and 8 were replaced, which resulted in a closure of a quarter-mile section of the trail from the northeast side of the 3M Wetlands to just southwest of the Stadium Boulevard underpass. The trail access at the Stadium Boulevard trailhead was also closed; this access point also reopens today.</p>
<p>During the bridge replacement project, trail users took detours around the construction site. Parks and Recreation appreciates the support and patience of trail users while work was completed.</p>
<p>The bridge replacement project was funded by the voter-approved Park Sales Tax and a Recreational Trails Program grant.</p>
<p>For more information, call Columbia Parks and Recreation at 573-874-7460. </p></div>
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