Montgomery County Approves Spending for Trails
In early August, Montgomery County's commissioners approved a $17 Million Open Space budget. The budget includes $3.836 million to pay for design, construction or acquisition of several county trail projects, including:
Chester Valley Trail
- $220K for Acquisition of PECO ROW segement
- $266K for design & construction of Warner Road section (to reimburse Chester County)
- $325K for the "Demonstration section" from Bridgeport (Dekalb Street) to the at-grade crossing of Route 202 at Saulin Blvd. in Upper Merion (East Penn Railway Phase 1)
Wissahickon Trail
- $200K to design and engineer a trail along Stenton Avenue that is now a gap in the Wiss Green Ribbon Trail
Pennypack Trail
- $435K to build a bridge over the Rockledge Tributary connecting to the Shady Lane overpass and extending the trail into Rockledge Borough Park
Schuylkill River Trail
- $540K (over 2 years) to build the section from South Pottstown to Route 422
- $1.67 M to restore the Tow Path & rebuild the Spillway and install a ped Bridge over the restored Spillway (over two years)
