Funding comes from many sources, including the federal transportation budget.
Anybody interested in traveling in a safe and healthy manner. Users will include a child walking to school, commuters cycling to work, families enjoying a weekend outing, and tourists seeing the sights in a leisurely and low-impact manner. By offering an alternative to driving on city streets, roadway congestion will be reduced. By offering walkers, cyclists, skaters and others an alternate to on-road travel, public safety will be increased. By offering an option for sustainable tourism, the ECG offers economic benefits to small towns along the route.