At the Circuit Coalition’s Semi-Annual Meeting at John Heinz NWR, Sean Megill-Legendre from DVRPC announced that 2.2 miles of Circuit Trails have been completed since May. That brings the total mileage of open Circuit Trails to 391 miles or about 47% of the 2040 goal of 830+ miles.
The newest trail segments are the following (highlighted in red on the map images shown below):
- Delaware River Trail: K&T Phase 2 between Lardners Point Park and the Tacony Boat Launch (Philadelphia) – 0.6 miles
- East Coast Greenway: US 13 buffered bike lanes PA-DE Border (Marcus Hook, Delaware County) – 0.3 miles
- Naylor’s Run Trail: Chapman Park to near Marshall Road (Upper Darby, Delaware County) – 0.6 miles
- Delaware River Heritage Trail: 5th Street Trail (Florence Twp., Burlington County) – 0.7 miles
Another 78 miles of trails are in progress and right now several projects are under construction.
- Cobbs Creek Trail in Eastwick between 80th and 78th St (0.8 miles)
- Fox Chase Trail In Philadelphia and Rockledge between the Fox Chase Train Station and Rockledge Park (0.6 miles)
- Newtown Square Branch – Haverford Vernon Rd to Manoa Rd (0.4 miles)
- Delaware River Heritage Trail in Florence, NJ – Eyre St to Front St. and Walnut to Spruce (0.4 miles)
- Burlington Camden Trail in Pennsauken, NJ – Cove Rd to Bethel Ave (0.3 miles)
- The Trestle Trail – Connecting the Schuylkill River Trail in Spring City to the Royersford Waterfront (0.3 miles)*
*Not a designated Circuit Trail but it is a direct connection
The big news however is additional funding. Nearly $40 million have been awarded to projects.
- Camden County Link – $20.5 (RAISE and NJ TASA)
- Rancocas Creek Greenway: Route 130 Bridge and Trail – $13.2M (2024 NJ TIP)
- Elephant Swamp Trail – $1.4 (NJ TASA)
- Burlington-Camden Trail: Route 130 Bridge – $1.2M (NJ TASA)
- Schuylkill River Trail: Near 61st Street to Passyunk Ave. – $1M (PennDOT MTF and PA DCNR C2P2)
- Cross County Trail – $1M (PA LSA)
- Chester Valley Trail: Whitford to Downington – $500,000 (PA DCNR C2P2)
- US 202 Trail: Solebury – $465K (PA DCED MTF)