Monday, November 28, 2011Allegheny Valley residents are not asking if a riverfront trail should be built through their communities, Thomas E. Baxter IV said.
“They want to know when it will happen,” said Mr. Baxter, executive director of Friends of the Riverfront. “And it is happening as we speak.”
Volunteers, for example, have been busy planting spring bulbs and helping with cleanup at the Aspinwall Marina, which was recently acquired by the nonprofit Friends organization.
The marina will continue to provide services for boat operators, but a portion of the property will become part of a planned 10-acre park. The site also will be home to one section of a 26-mile multiuse trail planned along the Allegheny River.
The trail project will be the subject of a public meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Harmar Township Municipal Building, 701 Freeport Road. Allegheny County, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Friends of the Riverfront are hosting the event.
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