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KALISPELL 40°F 4°C LIGHT RAIN RELATED STORIES: News & Features Kalispell Selects Design Team for New Rail Trail Alta Planning and Design and KLJ Engineers were officially selected on Monday night BY JUSTIN FRANZ APR 3, 2018 The Kalispell City Council selected Alta Planning and Design and KLJ Engineers to design and construct a new rail trail through downtown Kalispell. The council selected the contractors at its April 2 meeting. The trail will stretch from Woodland Park west to Meridian Road along the former Great Northern Railway rightofway. The owner of the tracks, BNSF Economic Development Authority Inks Deal with CHS to Move to Rail Park • City Begins Search for Company to Design New Rail Trail • Outlook 2018: Rail Park Construction Continues as Core Area Project Takes Shape • 2018 Jobs Issue VIEW STORIES BEST OF PREPS PHOTO GALLERY EDITOR'S PICK MORE SHOW CAPTION ---PAGE BREAK--- NEWS & FEATURES SPORTS OUTDOORS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT OPINION PHOTOS EVENTS ABOUT US MARKETPLACE Advertise Subscribe Advertiser Tear Sheets Email & RSS Feeds Contact Us © 2018 Flathead Beacon, All Rights Reserved. Use of this site is subject to the Flathead Beacon's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Flathead Beacon Railway, has filed to abandon the rails through town and trains will stop running into Kalispell once the new Glacier Rail Park is completed east of town off Whitefish Stage Road. Kalispell received proposals from multiple design and engineering firms and did interviews with four teams in March. Removal of the old railroad, engineering and construction of the new trail and the rebuilding of a number of crossstreets through the core area is expected to cost approximately $4 million. MORE FROM THE BEACON 2 Comments Sort by Anthony Hirsch ꞏ Owner / Trainer at Inland Fitness This is a great project that will add to downtown with walking and biking greenway in the heart of town. What were not desireable commercial lots on dead end streets will now front the greenway and make great walk in business locations. Kalispell has great vision on this one. Good grant use also. Like ꞏ Reply ꞏ 7h Deepa B Top Add a comment... A Season of Growth Spring Green Salad Vertical Queen Embed View on Twitter Flathead Beacon staff A Twitter list by @FlatheadBeacon Follow our journalists for breaking news & other reports Kellyn Brown Retweeted After steep morning losses, the Dow Jones finished up 231 points axios.com/dow makesmajo… Axios @axios Dow makes major comeback after m… The swing marks a third volatile day in… axios.com 17 Main Street • Kalispell • Montana • 59901 • USA • (406) 2579220 •