By Kenny Mitchell
Exciting news for Northeast Texas hikers and bikers came out of Austin this week with the announcement by the Texas Department of Transportation that they have received $25 million in federal funds to expand two trail corridors in northeast Texas and El Paso. Both trails are components of the state’s envisioned Bicycle Tourism Trails network.
TxDOT noted that a huge chunk of that funding would be going directly to Northeast Texas to complete the 130-mile that runs from Farmersville to New Boston. The Northeast Texas Trail runs through seven different counties as the path makes its trek, including Lamar, Red River and Bowie County. Several areas of the trail have been completed and a growing list of trail enthusiasts have made the entire 130-mile journey, but there are still long swaths of the trail that need upgrades.
