Charles County, MD — Charles and Anne Arundel Counties are among the recipients of the more than $9 million dollars in grant money the State of Maryland is distributing for bicycle and pedestrian projects.
Charles County will receive $64,000 to conduct a feasibility study to extend the Indian Head Rail Trail to the Three Notch Trail in Charles County
The Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks will receive a $2.6 million Transportation Alternatives Program award to for construction of an additional 2.5 miles of the Broadneck Trail between Peninsula Farm and Bay Dale roads. Plus an additional $800,000 in Maryland Bikeways funding was awarded for the construction of another mile of the trail between its eastern terminus at College Parkway and Bay Head Park.
When work is completed, the entire Broadneck Trail will be 6 miles long and about 10 feet wide, connecting neighborhoods, parks and schools along College Parkway.
Another project involves the repair and rehabilitation of 12 miles of C&O Canal towpath surface for pedestrians and bicyclists. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park was awarded more than $1 million for the work. Construction will extend from the Seneca Aqueduct (Towpath Mile 23) through Edwards Ferry (Mile 30) and from White Ferry (Mile 36) to Dickerson Conservation Park (Mile 29).
Baltimore City will get $360,000 in design funds for a new 5.5-mile section of the Baltimore Greenway Trails Network between the Gwynns Falls and Herring Run Trails. The section will provide a shared-use path connecting numerous Baltimore neighborhoods with Mondawmin Mall, Druid Hill Park, Johns Hopkins University and Lake Montebello. When complete, the trails network will consist of a 35-mile, shared-use loop through Baltimore City.