The Coast-to-Coast Trail (C2C) is a 250 mile continuous multi-use trail across the state of

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that is currently under construction. As of May 2025, the trail is 88% complete. The majority of the unfinished trail is along

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. The trail will provide a path connecting the

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, particularly St. Petersburg, on peninsular Florida's west coast to the

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, particularly Titusville, on Florida's east coast.

Funding

Legislation funding the trail with $50 million was vetoed in 2013 by Governor

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in 2013. Legislation in support of the planned trail passed the

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in April 2014 and would fund it with $15.5 million.House backs Senate's coast to coast bike trail plan
/ref> Florida State Senator Andy Gardiner of Orlando is one of the plan's leading supporters. The funding would be used close gaps in the trail route. The estimated cost of the project is $45 million.

Trails

There is 30 trails along the Coast-to-Coast trail, with 7 of them still in development. The trails from west to east are: # 1st Avenue South Bikeway # Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail # Tri-County Trail # Starkey Gap Trail # Starkey Boulevard Trail # Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park # Suncoast Trail # Good Neighbor Trail Gap ''(project in development)'' # Good Neighbor Trail # Withlacoochee State Trail # South Sumter Connector ''(project in development)'' # South Sumter Trail ''(project in development)'' # General James A. Van Fleet State Trail # South Lake Connector ''(project in development)'' # Lake Minneola Scenic Trail # South Lake Trail # Hancock Trail # West Orange Trail # Clarcona Ocoee Trail # Orange County Gap ''(project in development)'' # Pine Hills Trail # Seminole Wekiva Trail # Cross Seminole Trail # Rinehart Trail # Spring-to-Spring Trail # East Central Regional Rail Trail Connector ''(project in development)'' # East Central Regional Rail Trail # Space Coast Loop Trail Downtown Connector # Space Coast Trail # Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge to Playalinda ''(project in development)''

References

External links

Coast to Coast Connector
Florida Greenways & Trails Foundation

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