[1] The 6-mile-long second or northern half of the trail was completed in 2016-2017 at a cost of $4.4 million, and opened to the public on November 16, 2017.

Population in the trail's service area in western Sangamon County is growing rapidly as of 2018[update].

[3] A $4.4 million extension of the trail was constructed in work beginning in summer 2016.

The additional 6-mile (9.7 km) of trail, which extends northward from the trail's former Stuart Park trailhead, connects Stuart Park with Fancy Creek Township near Cantrall, Illinois.

[5][2] Local leaders look forward to further lengthening of trail-accessible pavement on unused sections of the acquired right-of-way.