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| (photo by Tim McBride) With the completion of this phase to the Junction, the trail is 62 miles and is used for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. Shown are (from left) Steve Priset, a Marsh Creek resident and the Delmar Township representative to the Rail-Trail Advisory Board; Ferlin Patrick, president of Growth Resources of Wellsboro; Roy Siefert, Tioga District Forester; DeBerardinis; Tioga County Commissioner Mark Hamilton; Chuck Dillon, aide to Sen. Joe Scarnati. For more, see Ribbon on page 12 |
State and local officials today celebrated the completion of the fourth phase of the Pine Creek Rail-Trail, the section from Ansonia to the Wellsboro Junction. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Michael DiBerardinis, with help from local residents, cut the ribbon to mark the occasion. The trail runs along Marsh Creek and Pine Creek through Tioga and Lycoming counties.
DCNR has invested about $7.5 million in the trail. Most of the funding came through federal transportation enhancements administered by the state Department of Transportation, according to DCNR. DiBerardinis said the next phase on the trail “will be a connector that will help us focus the development of accommodations and services in the nearby trail town of Wellsboro, rather than in the Pine Creek Valley where they would have a greater impact on the natural resource.”
The first phase of the trail opened in 1996 through the Pine Creek Gorge along an abandoned Conrail line.
For more on this and other stories, pick up a copy of the Wellsboro Gazette today!
DCNR has invested about $7.5 million in the trail. Most of the funding came through federal transportation enhancements administered by the state Department of Transportation, according to DCNR. DiBerardinis said the next phase on the trail “will be a connector that will help us focus the development of accommodations and services in the nearby trail town of Wellsboro, rather than in the Pine Creek Valley where they would have a greater impact on the natural resource.”
The first phase of the trail opened in 1996 through the Pine Creek Gorge along an abandoned Conrail line.
For more on this and other stories, pick up a copy of the Wellsboro Gazette today!
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