Trail loops seen as links to Wilkes-Barre’s features

By RORY SWEENEY

rsweeney@timesleader.com

Engineers from Rettew displayed on Thursday a finalized proposal for the city’s trail master plan, which would create roughly a 12-mile loop around the entire city with two- to three-mile loops within it, all of which would connect to schools, parks and other local attractions.

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council, which funded the study, hopes to have the master plan completed by March. The draft should be finished by January, after which will be a period for public comment.

A copy of the map should be available for download in early January on the Web site of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, which organized funding for the project.

The plan creates six interconnecting trails that circumnavigate the city’s neighborhoods, from Parsons and Miners Mills to the East End down Sherman Street. The trails would also connect with the Luzerne County National Trail, the Susquehanna Warrior Trail, the Delaware and Lehigh Trail and the Back Mountain Trail.

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