Durham County has given the go-ahead to a plan that will allow people to walk, run, bike and rollerskate between downtown Durham and Roxboro.
The planned $56.7 million Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail project will run for 18 miles along an old Lynchburg & Durham Railroad line that closed in 1983 and has been eyed for a trail since 1985.
The Rail Trail Plan approved Monday night by the Durham County Board of Commissioners outlines the project’s design concepts and potential funding sources. Parts of the trail will lie in the city of Durham and in Roxboro, so those governments will also play a role in its development…