Status of Trail Projects
Chester County | July 2015
Randy Waltermyer, AICP
Director of Transportation Services
Chester County Planning Commission
[email protected]
Overview of Trails in Chester County
Proposed Trails:
655 miles
Existing Trails:
473 miles
Paved Trails
191 miles
Unpaved Trails
282 miles
Under Design
76 miles
Feasibility Study
48 miles
Source: CCPC Trail Inventory, 2010
• Largest
remaining gap
in Schuylkill
River Trail
between
Reading and
Philadelphia
• Right-of-way
acquisition
ongoing
• Construction
funding is
secured;
pending rightof-way
Schuylkill River Trail
• Phoenixville
Borough
section opened
(Spring 2015)
Devault Line
• Feasibility study completed by
Charlestown Township (Spring 2015)
• Opportunity to link Schuylkill River
Trail to Chester Valley Trail
• High commute potential between
Phoenixville and Great Valley/Malvern
Chester Valley Trail
• Study to extend
CVT from Exton
to Downingtown
• Study duration:
July 2015 to
December 2016
• Study outcome:
Preferred
alignment to
Downingtown
Route 30 Multimodal Study
• Master Plan for
US 30 Corridor
• Identify concept
for Chester
Valley Trail
from Downingtown
to Atglen
• 12-month study;
completion by
Spring 2016
• Connect to
Lancaster’s
Enola Low Grade
• Trail to
connect East
Goshen Park,
YMCA, East
High School,
and
Goshenville
• Engineering
study
currently
underway
Paoli Pike Trail
• Designate 6
one-way
streets as
“bikefriendly”
• Install
sharrow
pavement
marker,
expected
Summer 2015
West Chester Borough: Sharrows
Kennett Trails Alliance
• Plan to create
10-12 mile loop
around Kennett
• Part of Red Clay
Creek Greenway
• Connections into
New Castle
County, DE
Funding Opportunities
Federal
– Transportation Alternatives
– Congestion Mitigation (CMAQ)
State
– Greenways, Trails and Recreation
– Multimodal Fund
– Community Conservation Partnerships
Program (C2P2)
County
– Chester County Municipal Grant Program
Questions?