Hanover Trolley Path Opens New Part – Cyber Tech

Republished from June 2025 E-Path Information with permission
from York County Rail Path Authority

York County Rail Path Authority introduced {that a} new part of the Hanover Trolley Path is now open to the general public since Thursday, June 5.  The path enlargement is a part of a $2.3 million undertaking setting up a 1-mile part of the Hanover Trolley Path, restoring 2,200 linear toes of Oil Creek, and setting up 5 acres of recent wetland habitat. Native and state officers gathered on June 5 to formally announce the completion of the undertaking.

The announcement opening this new part of path is along side Nationwide Trails Day, a nationwide celebration of trails held annually on the primary Saturday of June.

Situated in Heidelberg Township, the undertaking was funded by way of a federal grant from the Nationwide Fish & Wildlife Basis, a state grant from the Governor’s Workplace of Price range Redevelopment Help Capital Program, and county grants from York County Planning Fee and York County Conservation District. Native grants from the J. William Warehime Basis and Powder Mill Basis have been instrumental in procuring these grants.

Authority Chairman Frank Kempf states, “This undertaking provides an entire new environmental dimension to the path. Guests to this part of the Hanover Trolley Path will get pleasure from each an distinctive path and acres of recent wetlands surrounding the path.”

The Authority additionally introduced that building started earlier this spring to increase the Heidelberg Township part of path one other 1.1 miles and full the restoration of Oil Creek at this location. This $2.4 million undertaking is slated for completion by the top of the yr.

Photograph from YCRTA

Photograph from YCRTA

About York County Rail Path Authority

The York County Rail Path Authority is a volunteer, ten-member Authority shaped in 1990 underneath the route of the York County Board of Commissioners. The Authority’s mission is to complement York County communities and countryside by way of the event of a community of public trails. The Authority, which is integrated underneath the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Act of 1945, is a political subdivision of the County of York.

Media Contact
Gwenyth Free, Government Director
York County Rail Path Authority
gloose@yorkcountytrails.org, (717) 428-0999