{"id":29541,"date":"2021-05-01T09:19:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T13:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=29541"},"modified":"2021-05-01T09:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T13:34:25","slug":"29541","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=29541","title":{"rendered":"Ground broken on extension of Schuylkill River Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chester County Commissioners and partners mark the official ground breaking of four more miles of the County\u2019s Schuylkill River Trail. Pictured (left to right) are: Dave Stauffer, Chester County Parks + Preservation; Seyi Akinlotan, PennDOT; Commissioner Marian Moskowitz; Ryan Gallagher, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission; Elaine Schaefer, Schuylkill River Greenways; Commissioner Josh Maxwell; Gail Lipstein and Bob Dredge, representing the Circuit Trails; Commissioner Michelle Kichline; and Ed Auble, Chester County Parks Board Chair.<\/p><\/div>\n

Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline were joined by partners from PennDOT, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Schuylkill River Greenways and the Circuit Trails to break ground on Chester County\u2019s latest extension to the Schuylkill River Trail (SRT).<\/p>\n

Phase II of the County\u2019s Schuylkill River Trail is a $6 million, four-mile paved extension that will take the trail from Linfield Road at Parker Ford, to the new Route 422 Bridge crossing of the Schuylkill River at the Montgomery County border.\u00a0 Phase II also includes the construction of a new trailhead parking lot at Linfield Road, and the resurfacing and paving of the County\u2019s existing 5.75-mile section of the Trail.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur trails, parks and open spaces are such an important part of Chester County\u2019s quality of place, and they are loved by our residents,\u201d said Chester County Commissioners\u2019 Chair Marian Moskowitz. \u201cIn addition to providing recreational benefits that contribute to the positive health of those who live here, our trails, including the Schuylkill River Trail, are becoming an important component of the county\u2019s multimodal transportation network.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Schuylkill River Trail is recognized as a local, regional and statewide transportation priority, constructed as a \u2018shared use path for non-motorized modes of travel\u2019. Phase II is funded through the Federal Highway Administration\u2019s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, and PennDOT is overseeing the construction of the four-mile extension.<\/p>\n

Chester County Commissioner Josh Maxwell said, \u201cThe value of trails like the Schuylkill River Trail is substantial.\u00a0 Recreational use is important, but we know that trails are being used more and more for commuting, and businesses use them to attract and retain employees.\u00a0 We also know, based on the findings of our \u2018Return on Environment\u2019 report, that living close to protected open spaces, including trails, increases the value of homes by, on average, $11,000 in Chester County.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Connect goal of Landscapes3<\/em>, Chester County\u2019s comprehensive plan, calls for the development and implementation of a countywide trail network that will interconnect urban and suburban growth areas and destinations. The Schuylkill River Trail extension also advances the goal of the Circuit Trails, a vast regional trail network that currently includes more than 320 miles of completed multi-use trails, with a vision of more than 800 miles of interconnected trails across the nine-county Greater Philadelphia region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis four-mile extension of the Schuylkill River Trail is also important because it will complete one of the priority \u2018puzzle pieces\u2019, helping to fill a gap in the nearly 60 miles of trail connecting Reading to Philadelphia,\u201d said Chester County Commissioner Michelle Kichline.<\/p>\n

The SRT Phase II project is constructed partially on a former rail corridor and partially along the former towpath of the Schuylkill Navigation Company Canal.\u00a0 When completed in Chester County, the SRT will parallel the Schuylkill River from the Route 422 Bridge at Pottstown, south to the Route 29 Bridge into Mont Clare, a distance of approximately 12 miles.<\/p>\n

The Schuylkill River Trail will ultimately run from Frackville in Schuylkill County to the Delaware River in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline were joined by partners from PennDOT, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Schuylkill River Greenways and the Circuit Trails to break ground on Chester County\u2019s latest extension to the Schuylkill River Trail (SRT). Phase II of the County\u2019s Schuylkill River Trail is a $6 million, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20,3912,9803],"class_list":["post-29541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-featured","tag-schuylkill-river-trail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29545,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29541\/revisions\/29545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}