Radnor TAP Trail Project Funding Exceeds $1.5 million

Radnor Township's TAP trail project has now secured over $1.5 million in grant funding, according to township manager Robert Zienkowski.

In a press release, Zienkowski said grants now total $1.725 million for the TAP trail.

Nearly a quarter of a million comes from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, which allocated $225,000 to the project.

Half a million comes from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation of Natural Resources.

Most recently, the project was awarded $1 million as part of a massive allocation of $33 million to help fund 51 transportation projects across the Keystone state. Gov. Tom Wolf and PennDOT Secretary Leslie Richards announced the allocations on Jan. 10.

With $1.725 million in grant funding available, the township will also cover some of the costs incurred from the project's engineering and design phases, Zienkowski said.

The project has three components, he said.

"The northern most section will connect downtown Wayne with the West Wayne Preserve and the Radnor Trail via on-road routes along North Wayne and West Wayne avenues," he said.

The second part will connect to the existing Radnor Trail at South Radnor Chester Road by a short on-road segment crossing state Route 30 at Radnor High School. An off-road segment will continue around the high school, past Penn Medicine, and continue to the corner of King of Prussia and North Radnor Chester roads.

"The southernmost trail section begins at the SEPTA Stadium Station and proceeds south on road via South Ithan Avenue, past Ithan Valley Park to Bryn Mawr avenue," Zienkowski said. "The trail will cross Bryn Mawr Avenue and proceed west for a short distance. From here it will become an off road trail via an easement from the Cornerstone Homeowner's Association to the township border with Haverford Township."

Zienkowski said design and engineering are expected to begin soon and construction on the TAP trail is expected to be completed in 2018.

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