Mercer County Transportation Planning

Shenango Valley Bicycle / Pedestrian Plan

Shenango Valley Bicycle / Pedestrian Plan (.pdf file, 1.73Mb)
September 2001

In 1999, the Mercer County MPO partnered with the Lawrence County Planning Commission to develop a draft bicycle/pedestrian plan guide to assist in decision-making efforts for the region. Although never officially adopted, the draft provides recommendations through the assistance of a diverse steering committee representing bicycle and pedestrian stakeholders from both counties. One of the plan’s top priority goals is the identification of a bicycle and pedestrian network. More specifically, the plan notes that the two counties “will identify the top 3 routes in the bicycle/pedestrian network to pursue” and will “pursue the funding of an action plan” for those three corridors.

The Mercer County Regional Planning Commission hired Gannett Fleming Inc. to assist in evaluating three priority corridors and develop order of magnitude cost estimates An Action Plan, which identifies three routes in the greater Shenango Valley for development as part of an overall bicycle/pedestrian network was subsequently developed. The three corridors described in this Action Plan are not discussed in any priority order, but should give area municipal officials and decision makers a framework for future decision making, as well as a regionally developed and coordinated plan to use in seeking funding for construction.

The three priority corridors examined include:

• Highland Road (the East-West Corridor) from PA 18 to PA 718
• A north-south corridor, utilizing several roads through the Valley from Wheatland Borough to Sharpsville Borough
• A rail trail from West Middlesex Borough north to the Shenango Valley Dam and Reservoir
  

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