MARION — A project to build a bike path along Marion’s Point Road received a significant boost upon a donation from the A.D. Makepeace Company, the Wareham-based cranberry growing powerhouse.

A.D. Makepeace donated sandy gravel towards the project, material to fill out the the base of the path, according to John Rockwell, chair of the Open Space Acquisition Commission in Marion.

The company provided 2300 yards of the fill, Rockwell said. Priced at about $10 per yard, the donation represented savings of at least 10% of the projected $150,000 first phase of the bike path construction.

“We’re just really grateful that they stepped up,” Rockwell said. “It helped us out a lot.”

Marion Select Board member Randy Parker suggested reaching out to A.D. Makepeace for the material, according to Rockwell.

Rockwell then met with Read Custom Soils, a division of the A.D. Makepeace Company, he said.

A.D. Makepeace and Read Custom Soils did not respond to requests for comment.

Rockwell said $23,000, the approximate valuation of the donated material, is “big savings.”

“With these projects, there’s always plenty of money at the beginning, but the goal is to have money at the end,” he said.

A 2700-foot-long section of the Point Road bike path from Joann Drive to Jenna Drive is currently under construction. When completed, the path will connect to a bike path on Creek Road, according to an Open Space Acquisition Commission press release.