KIPP Trail (Photo provided by Municipality of Kincardine)
The Kincardine to Inverhuron Provincial Park (KIPP) Trail is entering its final stage of construction and is set to be completed this summer.
The municipality of Kincardine says this comes after almost 10 years of planning.
The 12-kilometre trail is geared to become a multi-use paved trail, which will extend from the northern edge of Kincardine, to Kinhuron Road, along the west side of Bruce Road 23.
The municipality says by connecting the town of Kincardine and Inverhuron Provincial Park, the KIPP trail will close the existing gap in and become a part of the 3,100 kilometre Great Lakes Waterfront Trail.
In 2001, the Kincardine Trail Association formed and has guided the project as a municipal committee.
Committee Chair Brad Kirkconnell says, “the goal of the KIPP Trail was to offer a safe, active transportation route alongside Bruce Road 23 and the lower road and pathways to Inverhuron, at the same time connecting the municipality.”
Mayor Gerry Glover adds the KIPP Trail will provide a healthy, safe and scenic form of transportation between all three wards in the municipality.
The project also received support from the Society of United Professionals, as they made a $238,000 donation to the project.
In addition, the municipality was the recipient of an Infrastructure Canada Grant in 2021 of about $800,000 to finish the KIPP Trail. Further contributions to the project were also given by corporations, businesses, organizations, clubs, families, individuals, volunteers, and all three levels of government.
“I’d like to thank the Kincardine Trails Association for their tireless work and efforts in raising over $250,000 for this project; the many corporate and individual sponsors who contributed; the Provincial and Federal government for their substantial support and special thanks to the Society of United Professionals for their generous contribution,” says Glover.