The Potential Alignments exhibit illustrates all of the alternatives being evaluated towards extending the CVT and providing connections to the existing Struble and East Branch Brandywine Trails. Image via the Chester County Planning Commission. WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. The Chester Valley Trail is currently 18.6 miles in length with 13.5 miles open for use in Chester County and 5.1 miles open to the east in Montgomery County. Be careful here. A great 14 mile trail that you can make longer or shorter to suit your needs. Town Tours & Village Walks Program Wraps up 27th Year, Brownfield, Greyfield, & Infill Development. The extensions recommended alignment is to develop the trail within the inactive Philadelphia and Thorndale low-grade rail corridor which parallels the Amtrak Keystone Corridor or the Main Line between Exton and Thorndale. The Chester County Planning Commission is proud to release the final Chester Valley Trail Extension to Downingtown Feasibility Study and Master Plan. But once you get some distance from 202 it is a downright nice ride. Montgomery County has seen a surge in trail users since the COVID-19 pandemic started. (Courtesy of Montgomery County). Montgomery Countys fully accessible 5-mile portion of the Chester Valley Trail now links the Schuylkill River Trail in Norristown to the existing segment in Chester County that extends 14.5 miles west from Tredyffrin Township to Exton. In the middle, where it follows the Chester Valley Railroad bed, it is at its best. Good for casual riding. Meet Our New Community Planning Director, Bill Deguffroy! Does anyone have firm facts about the path that the existing Chester Valley Trail is going to use to get to Downingtown? One mile of trail has already been built in Montgomery County. Parts of the Chester Valley Trail are labeled as "Patriot's Path," a path proposed to connect the Paoli Massacre Site with Valley Forge National Historic Park. And there is a massive hill between that area, and where the Downingtown Trail is along 322. Around the 8 mile point, the scenery is more open, with farms along the trail. The other dangerous intersection is at Foundry Way in Malvern. It was understandably busy. Plans call for extending it westward to Downingtown. Once complete this trail will connect Downingtown, Coatesville, Parkesburg, Atglen and points in between with the . :( OK so NOW the GOOD! PDF Moving the Circuit Forward to Reach 500 miles by 2025 I then headed out on my run going East (I think) for 3.1 miles. Chester Valley Trail Extension Study Even saw a group walking with a large American flaga great bonus to our Labor Day ride! First of all, we had a late winter snow storm and this trail was cleared quite quickly and very well. The crossings are well designed to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe. Chester Valley Trail Chester Valley Trail - 4a In Progress 6.34 1.04 Schuylkill River Trail Parkerford Road to Route 422 In Progress 5.71 4.11 Brandywine Creek Trail P&T Trail to Robbins Road Pipeline 5.83 0.30 Chester Valley Trail CVT Extension to Downingtown - P&T Line Pipeline 9.86 6.68 On top of that, truck traffic is extremely heavy and frequently blocks the intersection.
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