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TIGER FINAL Discretionary Grant -Letter of Support Request <br />Any project nominated for the TIGER Discretionary Grant Program must be sent by <br />the nominating entity to the Secretary of Transportation for consideration. As part <br />of the application preparation process, nominating entities may request a letter of <br />support for their project from TxDOT. TxDOT will consider providing letters of <br />support for projects that meet the program's requirements. <br />Nominating entities may use the following form to submit a request for a letter of <br />support. All requests must be submitted no later than August 24, 2009. By <br />completing the form below, your information will be sent to the appropriate TxDOT <br />district's Director of Transportation Planning and Development for further handling. <br />If you have questions about this form or the process for requesting a letter of <br />support, you may contact us at 512-463-8345. <br />* - Required field <br />1Vominating Entry: * City of Paris, Texas <br />Contact Information <br />Last Name: * Erickson <br />First IVame: * Earl <br />Phone Number: *903.785.7353, mobile-903.517.9778 <br />Project Information <br />County Location: * Lamar <br />Facility IVame or Highway Designation: *Northeast Texas (Red River Valley) Trail <br />Project Limit FROM: *Farmersville/East Dallas to Ladonia to Roxton to Paris to <br />Project Limit T0: * Detroit to Clarksville to DeKalb to IVew Boston/Texarkana <br />Brief Project Description: * Do you want to be part of an investment with a great <br />rate of return that will richly enhance the quality of life in Texas? Join us in "re- <br />cycling" a priceless abandoned rail road corridor through scenic rolling countryside <br />that is contiguously rail banked from Farmersville through Paris to 1Vew <br />Boston/Texarkana (130 miles) into a public trail for multi non-motorized alternate <br />modes of transportation (walking, bicycling, horseback riding, wheelchair <br />accessibility, and other forms of recreation or transportation). In addition to non <br />motorized transportation and recreation, it will serve many other purposes; historic <br />preservation of railway corridors and bridges, economic revitalization of 20 <br />Northeast Texas rural towns in 7 counties, open space conservation (via the <br />National Trails Systems Act) and wildlife conservation. To show communiry <br />- -15~i <br />