Whitemarsh Miracle-Nature Trail Public Walk Pushed To July 20

WHITEMARSH, PA — A public walk along the soon-to-be-constructed 'Miracle-Nature' Trail that was originally scheduled for July 6, but was postponed due to bad weather, is now scheduled to take place on July 20.

The local trail, which has been dubbed the Miracle-Nature Trail, is a project that this Montgomery County community has undertaken to help create a vital link to the Schuylkill River Trail, one of the premier walking/hiking/biking trails in the Southeastern Pennsylvania region.

The proposed location for the path includes a one-mile PECO utility corridor extending through the township, according to public information about the project contained on the township's website.

The trail is also being eyed as a link to the Cross Country Trail and other nearby trails in Whitemarsh as well as nearby county parks.

Whitemarsh says it received $80,000 in grant money to help fund the project, in addition to $40,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through the department's C2P2 Grant Program.

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's Phase VII of the Regional Trails Program also contributed a matching $40,000, according to township figures posted online.

The township is currently in the midst of creating a feasibility study for the trail.

On July 20, the public is invited to attend the trail walk guided by Robert Thomas of Campbell & Thomas Architects and members of Gilmore & Associates, Inc., which is the lead consultant on the project during the initial grant funding phase.

The walk is scheduled to take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and those interested in attending are asked to pre-register with the township's Parks and Recreation Office by calling 610-828-7276 or by visiting this link on the township's website.

The proposed trail is expected to span from the township line at Butler Avenue to Hector Street, and the bicyclist and pedestrian network where the PECO utility corridor ends at Hector Street, to the SEPTA Spring Mill Regional Rail Station trailhead of the Schuylkill River Trail, according to background information about the project provided on a project update page on the township's website.

Visit here to learn more about the project and to keep up-to-date on anything related to the trail's construction.