The town of Monteagle and the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance (MGTA) announced Oct. 30 the conclusion of right-of-way approvals for the Sewanee-Monteagle portion of the trail. MGTA has also submitted final design plans to the Tennessee Department of Transportation. After final design plan approval, construction bidding for the section can begin.
Monteagle mayor Marilyn Campbell-Nixon said, “I am pleased to sign the last right-of-way documents and help make the next part of the Mountain Goat Trail come to fruition. The residents of Monteagle, Sewanee and the rest of the plateau will benefit from this resource.”
“It is truly exciting to be so close to construction of the next part of the Mountain Goat Trail,” said Janice Thomas, MGTA board president. “The alliance especially wants to thank our former board members, Monteagle’s Chamber of Commerce, former Mayor Rollins, Nate Wilson and our easement and financial donors and volunteers, without whom we would never have reached this point.”
The planned section will link the existing two miles of the paved trail, which ends at Highway 156, to Monteagle at the Dollar General store, adding approximately three miles. The trail will largely follow the bed of the Mountain Goat Railroad, constructed in the 1850s and decommissioned in the 1980s.
The Mountain Goat Trail is a rail-to-trail community outdoor recreation project to convert the abandoned Mountain Goat railroad right-of-way into a multi-use recreational corridor connecting Grundy, Marion and Franklin counties. Donations to the MGTA are tax-deductible. For more information, go to the MGTA Facebook page at <facebook.com/mountaingoattrail> or email <info@mountaingoattrail.org>.
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