The Gregg Township Supervisors, in collaboration with the Centre County Planning and Community Development Office, have decided to pursue the development of a Rails-to-Trails Feasibility Study throughout a majority of the Penns Valley Region and a section of the Centre Region along the former historic Lewisburg-Tyrone, Centre and Spruce Creek railroad alignments.
This new trail system is envisioned as one of the hallmark projects developing from the Centre County Recreation and Greenways Plan and would serve as a natural link between the easternmost sections of the Centre Region, in particular Harris and College Townships and their respective communities of Boalsburg and Lemont, and the Penns Valley connecting core communities such as Centre Hall, Spring Mills, and Coburn while also providing linkages to key community educational, recreational, historic and cultural resources.
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FINAL REPORT [PDF]
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Table of Contents & Preface
Executive Summary
About This Study
Chapter 1 - Legal Feasibility
Chapter 2 - Physical Feasibility
Chapter 3 - Political Feasibility
Chapter 4 - Market Feasibility
Chapter 5 - Design Feasibility
Chapter 6 - Financial Feasibility
Chapter 7 - Operational Feasibility
Appendix A - List of property owners along the right-of-way
Appendix B - User preference survey results
Appendix C - Public meeting #1 presentation
Appendix D - Public meeting #2 presentation
Appendix E - Detailed cost estimates for Penns & Brush Valley Trail
Appendix F - PNDI findings by trail segment
Appendix G - Model trail easement (short form)
Appendix H - Sample trail organization bylaws
DRAFT FINAL REPORT [PDF]
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Cover
Index
Preface
About This Study
Chapter 1 - Legal Feasibility
Chapter 2 - Physical Feasibility
Chapter 3 - Political Feasibility
Chapter 4 - Market Feasibility
Chapter 5 - Design Feasibility
Chapter 6 - Financial Feasibility
Chapter 7 - Operational Feasibility
Public Meetings
- Public Meeting #1 - March 12, 2013
Minutes/Q&A
Presentation
Written Comments
- Public Meeting #2 - November 19, 2013
Presentation
Study Committee Meetings
- Steering Committee Meeting #4 - February 27, 2014
Agenda
Presentation
- Steering Committee Meeting #3 - September 10, 2013
Agenda
Presentation
- Steering Committee Meeting #2 - February 12, 2013
Minutes
Presentation
- Steering Committee Meeting #1 - October 9, 2012
Minutes
Presentation
Consultant Selection Schedule:
- RFP Available: May 24, 2012
- Optional Pre-Bid Meeting: June 1, 2012
- Deadline to Submit Questions: June 8, 2012
- Deadline for Response to Questions: June 15, 2012
- Proposal Due Date: July 6, 2012
- RFP Opening: July 12, 2012 - Gregg Township Board of Supervisors Meeting
- Complete Evaluations: July 27, 2012
- Interviews (If necessary): August 1, 2012
- Selection by the Township: August 9, 2012 - Gregg Township Board of Supervisors Meeting
- Notice of Selection: August 10, 2012
- Negotiation of Contract: August 17, 2012
- DCNR Review of Contract: August 24, 2012
- Initiation of Service: August 31, 2012
Request for Proposal
Pre-Bid Meeting
Key reference documents
Historical references
