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Kiosk and interpretive signage on the West Penn Trail that RTC's Trail Assitance
Program helped fund.
Reconstruction of bank along Starrucca Creek
on the D&H Trail.
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To learn more about rail-trails and trail projects in Pennsylvania, contact RTC's Northeast Regional Office at 717.238.1717.
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| RTC's Trail Assistance Program
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC) Northeast Regional Office has begun a Trail Assistance Program, providing small amounts of funding to rail-trail projects in Pennsylvania. The program helps trail organizations or municipalities make small improvements to their trail that volunteers cannot manage alone.
Funded projects are intended to promote the use of the trail either through an increase in users or an increase in actual trail miles, and the recipients must provide a 50-percent match. All funding for the grants comes from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.
Projects awarded in 2008:
Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail: $5,000 for resurfacing at drainage culvert.
D&H Rail-Trail: $7,000 for reconstruction of bank along Starrucca Creek.
The Lower Trail: $5,000 for trailhead accessibility improvements.
Ghost Town Trail: $6,843 for new trail construction between bridges.
West Penn Trail: $5,000 for interpretive signage.
Schuylkill River Trail: $4,410 for asphalt improvements for drainage remediation.
Armstrong Trail: $2,810 for new trail map for users.
Mini-grant recipients in 2007:
Steel Valley Trail, $5,000
D&L Trail, $3,750
Corry Junction Trail, $3,750
Heritage Rail Trail County Park, $5,000
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