U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia has announced that $100,000 in federal funding will be used for repairs along the Virginia Creeper Trail. A release from Kaine’s office states the funding came from the Appalachian Regional Commission and is intended to “help rehabilitate the Virginia Creeper Trail.”According to the release, the funding, as well as other funds from state and local government, will be used finishing “urgent repairs to Trestle 31” on the 34-mile trail.