Gov. Holcomb joined the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the town of Merrillville, and the Lake County Parks and Recreation Department to celebrate the official opening of the recently completed C&O Trail

Evansville, IN – The new trail marks the 100^th mile of trail built under the Next Level Trails program.

The collaborative effort between the town of Merrillville and Lake County Parks fills a major gap in the existing regional trail network. With help from an $804,160 grant, Lake County Parks built the county’s 1.47-mile segment of the C&O Trail.

Merrillville received a $1,428,091 grant to complete its 1.35-mile portion of the trail.

Both units of government received their grants in April 2022 as a part of the third grant round of NLT, creating a combined 2.82 new miles of trail.