(LaCrosse, IN) - In LaCrosse today, Governor Eric Holcomb announced that 14 communities will receive a combined $31.2 million for 28 miles of new trail as a part of the fourth round of the Next Level Trails program.

“Across the state, trails are making connections – bringing people and communities together in ways we’ve never seen before,” he said.

Holcomb said the $180 million allocated, so far, is the largest infusion of trails funding in state history.  In rounds one, two, and three, a total of $120 million was awarded to 73 communities to build 190 miles of trails throughout Indiana.

The town of LaCrosse was among the recipients of the latest funding distribution, receiving $2.1 million to build the Grand Kankakee Marsh Trail.

That trail is part of the Great American Rail-Trail, a planned route from the state of Washington to Washington D.C.  About 56% of the Great American trail’s 214 planned miles across Indiana are complete, officials said.