(Jackson, MN)--Plans are being developed for a recreational trail from Jackson to Fairmont. Minnesota. Luke Ewald with the Jackson County Trails committee says they were awarded a planning grant earlier this year from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Ewald says work on the plan should be completed in the next month or two.

Ewald says only grant money would be used to pay for the project.

He says the first phase of the project would be about five miles from Jackson to Alpha.

Ewald says rail lines are still being used from Sherburn to Fairmont so they would need to find alternative routes. A survey was conducted online to receive public input on the project. Ewald says more than 300 people filled out the survey. He says about 90-percent of respondents were supportive of the project.

Ewald says about two-thirds of respondents said they would use the trail for bicycling. For more information visit the Friends of the Jackson County Trails Facebook page.