Prioritize the Circuit Trails: Comment on the Draft Transportation Improvement Program for Pennsylvania

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is opening its public comment period for the 2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia region is positioned for landmark federal investment in the Circuit Trails Network, making it safer and more convenient for everyone to walk and bike.

We believe the Circuit Trails Coalition's short-term goal of completing 500 miles of trails by 2025 can be achieved with adequate funding, sufficient staff capacity, dedicated right of way and, most importantly, political will.

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The large-scale potential investment in the connectivity of corridors through connected trail and active transportation systems has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Pennsylvania to lead the nation and create a model for how Carbon Reduction Program funds can be leveraged to create trail and active transportation networks. Thank you, DVRPC board, for proposing landmark funding.

This investment would be a major step forward in connecting the entire region by trail, making it safer and easier for people in 9 counties across Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey to walk and bike where they want to go, and amplifying the region’s climate resiliency.

I’d like to provide the following comments on the Draft FY2025 TIP for Pennsylvania:

1. I fully support the allocation of $120 million of Carbon Reduction Program funds for the following MPMS# to advance the completion of 20 miles of Circuit Trails in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Counties.

 - MPMS# 81744 | Chester Valley Trail: P&T Phase 1  
 - MPMS# 81785 | Cross County Trail East: Section A
 - MPMS# 82069 | PA 291 Complete Streets, East Coast Greenway: Irving Street to Ridley Creek project 
 - MPMS# 82083 | Cross County Trail: SEPTA's Fort Washington Station
 - MPMS# 82084 | Cross County Trail East - Section B Montgomery County
 - MPMS# 105291 | The Circuit Line Item 
 - MPMS# 118034 | Spring Garden Connector, Pennsylvania Av to Delaware Ave
 - MPMS# 116125 | Wissahickon Gateway Trail, Philadelphia
 - MPMS# 116126 | Parkside Cynwyd Trail, Parkside Ave to Bala Station
 - MPMS# 105489 | Pennypack Park Trail - State and Rhawn St Crossing
 - MPMS# 116147 | Chester Creek Trail Phase 2, Delaware County 
 - MPMS# 81789 | Chester Valley Trail - Ship Rd to Gallagherville Rd, Chester County
 - MPMS# 82009 | East Coast Greenway - Eddystone and Ridley Delaware County
 - MPMS# 119299 | Carbon Reduction Program Line Item

2. I fully support the prioritization and construction of the following Circuit Trails projects:

 - MPMS# 79832 | North Delaware Riverfront Greenway project, Sec 3
 - MPMS# 114172 | Cross County Trail - Dreshertown Rd, Upper Dublin Township
 - MPMS# 119481 | Cross County Trail Extension - Germantown Pike Bridge & Trail to Joshua Rd
 - MPMS# 117965 | Liberty Bell Trail P3, Lansdale Borough'
 - MPMS# 114172 | Dreshertown Rd CC Trl Ext


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Prioritize the Circuit Trails: Comment on the Draft Transportation Improvement Program for Pennsylvania

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