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Enterprise founder Jack Taylor gives $200k for bridge in Boonville

St. Louis Public Radio
Published February 14, 2006 at 9:59 AM CST
The bridge needs about $1 million in repairs to make it safe for pedestrian use (photo from Save the Katy Bridge Coalition)
The bridge needs about $1 million in repairs to make it safe for pedestrian use (photo from Save the Katy Bridge Coalition)

By KWMU

St. Louis, MO – The founder of St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Jack Taylor, is giving $200,000 to a group trying to convert a bridge to pedestrian use.

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon is suing Governor Matt Blunt's Department of Natural Resources over the railroad bridge at Boonville. DNR wants to sell it back to Union Pacific, but Nixon says that would threaten the nearby Katy Trail.

The Save the Katy Bridge Coalition is trying to raise $1 million to make the bridge a part of the trail without using tax money. The group now has $365,000 of that with Taylor's donation.
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