The Township Trail System

The Thornbury Township Open Space and Recreation Study report recommends development of an open space "network", a web of walkways, trails and sidewalks linking Township open space areas.

 The Thornbury Township Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) has been developing a trail that now extends along Chester Creek from Bonner Park upstream to Cheyney Road.

For some time the replacement construction of the Locksley Road Bridge has hindered maintenance and use of the trail between Locksley and Station Roads. It is not clear if this will be completed in time for this spring's activities but currently many other opportunities for future trail construction have opened up.

One of the most interesting of these opportunities is to extend the existing trail from its termination at Cheyney Road, through the Cheyney University woodland south of Chester Creek. The trails proposed were a creek side trail from Cheyney Road to Dilworthtown Road, and a branch trail on, or immediately adjacent to the pipeline, south to Cheyney Road near Thornton Road. The extension through the University’s property to Dilworthtown Road will permit Thornbury residents on the western side of the Township to access the trail system, as well as permit Cheyney University to have a loop trail across the Dilworthtown Bridge to the Campus side. The Cheyney Road extension holds the potential of a possible extension to Thornbury Park.

Our Township Supervisors have approached the University and they have expressed an interest in exploring this possibility with us.

An "exploratory" hike to determine the potential was conducted in mid January with EAC and Cheyney University representatives.

 The findings were:

• This trail system is now under review with the University and we are hopeful that it materializes and we can work together on this.
• The photos possibly overemphasize the invasive problem. The EAC, in creating trails, tries to wind through the trees and cut back small branches and invasives to arms width.

 

 

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