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Input Needed from You! Chester Valley Extension Project
We need your help! The Chester County Planning Commission is working on a study to determine the feasibility of extending the Chester Valley Trail into Downingtown. Over the next few months, the planning commission will be evaluating the conditions and working to align on the potential extension of this Circuit Trail.
Your feedback is needed! Please visit the website to learn more and take the quick online survey (5 minutes): http://www.chesco.org/planning/cvte.
The next Public Meeting to discuss the project is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 29th, 2016 (Time/Place TBD).
Circuit County Workshops Scheduled for October
During the month of October, the Circuit Coalition, PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR), and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) will host workshops in Chester, Delaware, Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. The purpose of the workshops is to provide updates on Circuit Trail development in each County, discuss a range of current and on-going funding sources, and look at ways to further develop Circuit trails currently in the pipeline. Each Circuit Trails Workshops will be held from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm on the designated day in each of the five counties.
These workshops will follow separate information sessions on the Transportation Alternatives Program (to be held from 2-3:30pm), which DVRPC and Pennsylvania Dept of Transportation will host to explain the upcoming competitive funding cycle for the TAP.
Registration for both the Circuit Trails Workshops and the TAP Information Sessions can be completed with the links below. You can register for either the information session or the workshop or both. There is no charge for either event.
If you have any questions pertaining to the Circuit Trails Workshop, please contact Sarah Clark Stuart at or 215-242-9253, x306.
Tuesday, October 20th – Philadelphia County
DVRPC Main Conference Room
190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106
http://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/tap-ctw-phila-co/
Thursday, October 22nd – Delaware County
Media Courthouse – DelCo Room
201 West Front Street, Media, PA 19063
http://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/tap-ctw-del-co/
Monday, October 26th – Bucks County
Bucks County Planning Commission – 4th Floor Conference Room
1260 Almshouse Road, Doylestown, PA 18901
http://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/tap-ctw-bucks-co/
Tuesday, October 27th – Chester County
Chester County Planning Commission – GSC Room 149
601 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382
http://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/tap-ctw-ches-co/
Wednesday, October 28th – Montgomery County
Montgomery County Planning Commission – Montgomery Room
One Montgomery Plaza Building Suite 202
425 Swede Street, Norristown, PA 19401
http://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/tap-ctw-mont-co/
Phoenixville Community Celebration On SRT Trail: April 25
Calling all Phoenixville-area community members! This weekend, you are invited to head downtown to for a whole host of family fun events on and around the new two-mile trail segment of the Schuylkill River Trail. Activities include everything from a bike tour along the new trail, a bike check and a complementary bike helmet fitting station to live music, chalk and plein air art (painting outdoors!) and more. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the Walking Bridge at the Foundry and the Phoenixville Farmer’s Market. For more information, visit http://www.schuylkillrivertowns.com/new-events/2015/4/25/phoenixville-trail-opening-celebration.
Come Celebrate Another New Circuit Section at the Chester Valley Trail Phase II Grand Opening
Four months after completion, the Chester Valley Board of Commissioners and the Friends of the Chester Valley Trail will be celebrating the Grand Opening of Phase II of the Chester Valley Trail on Monday, May 5th at 5 PM at 1055 Westlakes Drive in BerwynThe opneing will include a trail preview, remarks by the Chester County Commissioners and other guests, and an official ribbon cutting.
The trail now extends from the Valley Forge/King of Prussia area all the way to Exton. Future phases of the trail will continue to extend the trail eastwards towards Norristown and westwards towards Downington, providing a vital multi-use artery through the heart of Chester County.
If interested in attending, RSVP by Thursday, May 1st to the Chester County Commissioners Office ([email protected]; 610-344-6100)
See the attached flyer for more details.
Schuylkill River Trail Rises From The Ashes In Phoenixville
The Borough of Phoenixvile is currently constructing the one of the missing links to the Schuylkill River Trail. The current phase extends about one mile along the north side of French Creek from the Phoenix Iron Column Bridge adjacent to the Foundry up to High Street. The trail will be packed gravel and the project should be completed by the fall.
Most of the project is on the perimeter of the former site of the Phoenix Iron Works which closed in 1984.
An application for the next phase has been submitted for the Regional Trails Fund. If selected the money will be available to complete the trail in Phoenixville, connecting the completed Chester County section at the Cromby trailhead with the with the Route 29 Bridge over the Schuylkill River at Mont Clare.
DCNR Announces Grants for Circuit Trails
- Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund (Key 93)
- Environmental Stewardship Fund (ESF)
- Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) – federal monies
- Pennsylvania Recreational Trails (PRT) – federal monies
- Snowmobile/ATV Fund
The following trail segments in the Circuit received grants:
- Bucks County, $40,000 to study the feasibility of a multi-use trail along the Middle Neshaminy Creek Greenway.
- Doylestown Township (Bucks), $200,000 for the development of the Destination Peace Valley Trail
- East Bradford Township (Chester), $80,000 for the development of the East Branch Brandywine Trail
- Chester County, $75,000 for a strategic action plan for the Brandywine Creek Greenway
- Millbourne Borough (Delaware), $13,200 to prepare a an open space and community connector greenway plan
- Upper Darby Township (Delaware), $10,000 for a feasibility study and conceptual design of a trail through Naylor's Run Park
- Radnor Township (Delaware), $45,000 to prepare a feasibility study of two sections of the Forge to Refuge Trail
- Lower Salford Township (Montgomery), $30,000 to prepare a feasibility study for the Heckler Plains to Evansburg Trail.
- Lower Merion Township (Montco & Phila), $500,000 for design and construction of the Manayunk Bridge
- Philadelphia, $500,000 for the construction of the Poquessing Creek Trail
- Schuylkill River Development Corp (Phila), $225,000 to design and construct the SRT from South Street to Christian Street.
