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Residents who take pleasure in jogging or long relaxing walks could have an extra 300 metres of trail to enjoy by next spring. Plans are underway to extend the Flinty's Boardwalk trail to lead to Riverside Drive, which in turn connects with the popular walking trail behind McIsaac School Ecole McIsaac. "The whole purpose of this is to make the Ross Lake area more accessible to people living in the northeast area of town," said Dave Price, a member of the Flinty Committee, which established the boardwalk. The committee plans to spend about $12,000 to establish the extension and has already obtained about $3,500 in grant money from the Manitoba Recreational Trails Association. "Over the winter we will be looking for additional funding so we can get the job done," said Price. The extension would connect with the existing trail beside Ross Lake and follow a path over the railroad tracks, Manitoba Avenue and up a slope to Roche Boulevard. At Roche Bouvlevard, people using the trail will meet up with the green staircase leading down to Riverside Drive. Due to the steepness of the slope that runs along Manitoba Avenue, the committee plans to build a staircase for that portion of the trail. They also hope to use a culvert to level out a portion of the ditch beside the railroad tracks. Flin Flon City Council has approved the first reading of a motion to designate a crosswalk across Manitoba Avenue, so the major step now is for the committee to secure permission from the owner of the railroad tracks, Hudson Bay Railway. "We will be approaching them very soon," said Price. The committee has been discussing the trail extension for several years and had hoped to have it completed by the summer of 2002, but a lack of funds ended that plan.
