A bright spot on Greater Sudbury’s landscape just got a little brighter, with $444,891 in federal funding going toward the lighting of Kivi Park’s trails.

Various dignitaries gathered at the 480-acre park off of Long Lake Road in Sudbury’s South End to celebrate the FedNor funding announcement, which Kivi Park Community Foundation chair Bill Best said is being matched by private donations.

“Some very generous donors decided that lighting up the park was something they were interested in, so they put some dollars in as well to make the dollars go further,” he told Sudbury.com after the media conference, adding that these lights will help expand the lighting effort even further.

Today’s announcement of federal dollars will go toward lighting the parking lot and a 3.5-kilometre section of four-season multi-use trail.

Light poles have been installed throughout the affected area and solar lights have been placed on two kilometres of them so far, Kivi Park executive director Kerry Lamarche said, adding that they’re just waiting on the final shipment of lights to complete the project.

After the media conference, park volunteer and avid outdoorsman Perry Gauthier said it’s a worthy investment for the park, which he visits at least twice per week.

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One of Kivi Park’s solar trail lights, such as which they’re installing along 3.5 kilometres of four-season multi-use trails. Tyler Clarke / Sudbury.com