Corner Brook Stream Development Corporation will use funding to install 33 lights along the trail

Friday, 22 March 2024 12:00

By Tonya Organ

Executive Director Brent Humphries says money will be used to install new pole mounted LED lighting on the recently upgraded trail from Margaret Bowater Park to Cobb Lane.

The Corner Brook Stream Development Corporation is getting over $330,000 from three sources of funding. Executive Director Brent Humphries says money will be used to install new pole mounted LED lighting on the recently upgraded trail from Margaret Bowater Park to Cobb Lane. Executive Director Brent Humphries says the trail network is being upgraded by phases to be more accessible. He says the hope is to have 33 lights along the trail operational by mid summer. ACOA has contributed over $183,000, the Provincial Regional Development Fund is putting in just over $85,000 and the City of Corner Brook is adding over $76,000.

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