When does 1 equal 999,000?
When 1 is Clallam County’s ranking atop 36 hiking/biking trail proposals in Washington and $999,000 is the money it hopes to receive from the state.
The funds would restore two tunnels on the long-defunct Spruce Railroad on the north shore of Lake Crescent.
The World War I-vintage rail bed is the backbone of western segments of the Olympic Discovery Trail.
Clallam County’s share — mostly in leveraged federal funds — is $1.23 million for a total project worth nearly $2.23 million.
The funds aren’t certain, said Rich James, Clallam County senior transportation planner who is godfather to the ODT.
They still must be approved by the board of the Recreation and Conservation Office — formerly the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation — and be allocated by the Legislature next year, he said.
