Waste tire fund awards $125,000 to Pennyrile counties for parks, playgrounds

Thanks to Kentucky's Waste Tire Trust Fund, several Pennyrile counties are receiving funding to improve parks, playgrounds and public recreation spaces.

Caldwell County and the City of Princeton received $47,000 for a poured-in-place playground surface at the City-County Park.

Lyon County Fiscal Court was awarded $16,400 for 18 picnic tables at Lee S. Jones Park.

Trigg County Fiscal Court was awarded $3,300 for four park benches at the Trigg County Convention Center and Recreation Complex.

In total, Pennyrile counties received more than $125,000 through the program, part of $1.3 million awarded to 36 projects statewide.

The Waste Tire Trust Fund was established by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1998 and is funded through fees collected from new tire sales statewide.


(Photo ky.gov)