Transportation Updates from CCPC's Multimodal Transportation Planning Division
Posted August 16, 2024
Chester County Planning Commission's Multimodal Transportation Planning Division has been busy at work with different transportation initiatives happening throughout Chester County! Some recent updates include the approval of the region's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), various sources of funding for the Chester Valley Trail (CVT), and a new park in Atglen — to name a few.
On July 25 the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) approved the region's TIP for the Fiscal Year 2025. Chester County projects within the TIP include $6 million in construction funding for Phase 1 of the Chester Vally Trail extension to Downingtown in the Philadelphia and Thorndale Corridor; $2.25 million to Pocopson Township's intersection at Pocopson Road and Street Road (PA 926); $1.4 million to Caln Township's intersection at North Caln Road/Olive Road/Lincoln Highway; $3 million to Upper Oxford and Penn Townships' Pusey Bridge; and $7 million for the restoration of SEPTA service to the City of Coatesville.
Other projects added by PennDOT include the PA 41 bridge over White Clay Creek in Avondale; and the St. Peter's Road Retaining Wall project in Warwick Township. Major highway projects, such as rebuilding Routes 1 and 30, are still in the TIP, although project timelines for a few sections have been pushed back. See the Draft TIP for more info.
DVRPC also recently approved a variety of projects through their Regional Trails Program, including $200,000 to design and rehabilitate Downingtown's Trestle Bridge for use as part of the CVT. In addition to this funding, CCPC's Trails Planner, Steve Buck, prepared a grant application for this design to the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' C2P2 program, which is expected to be announced sometime this fall.
Speaking of Steve, he helped coordinate an event on August 10 welcoming nearly 30 advocates of The Circuit Trails network for a 5.9 mile bike ride exploring the future extension of the CVT funded by the TIP Carbon Reduction Program funds. Eventually, the trail will extend through the county to connect several townships and reach other portions of the Schuylkill to Susquehanna Greenway in Lancaster County.
And in other news, a ribbon cutting ceremony was recently held for Atglen Borough's new park with funding provided by Chester County Department of Community Development's Community Revitalization Program, as well as DCNR's C2P2 program. The park will serve as a trailhead for the forthcoming CVT Enola Low Grade Trail extension, in which CCPC will be managing the design contract beginning in the late summer/early Fall.
That's all for now! Learn more about transportation initiatives in Chester County.