MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CAPITAL AREA GREENBELT UNDERWAY IN CITY’S UPTOWN
Harrisburg, PA – Mayor Stephen R. Reed today said that a major project to enhance the Capital Area Greenbelt will soon commence in the City’s uptown.
Reed said the project consists of the construction of a ten-foot bituminous path running parallel with Industrial Road that will span from HACC’s Public Safety Drive to the entrance of Wildwood Park. The path will provide a safe passageway for persons pursuing recreational opportunities in the area such as bike riding, skate boarding, walking and jogging.
The Mayor said the path will be accompanied by extensive landscaping and tree-planting through the use of vegetation native to the area. He said directional signage is also included in the project. A natural buffer between the trail and Industrial Road have been incorporated into the design which will consist of grass with raised mound plantings.
The project’s design work was financed through a Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant and the actual work on the project is being financed by a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation grant. The project received a total of seven bids, with H. Edward Black and Associates having been selected to design the project and KIMBOB, Inc. having been selected to implement the project. The total cost for the project is $267,534.57, with $73,089.57 going towards design, soil analysis and archaeological activity and $194,445.00 going towards construction and construction inspection.
Reed said work on the project is expected to begin in the next ten days and is expected to be completed by late-April.
The Capital Area Greenbelt is a series of connected recreational trails throughout the City of Harrisburg and surrounding municipalities that are supported and maintained through a cooperative effort between those municipalities. The Capital Area Greenbelt Association (CAGA) is the non-profit organization that facilitates the Capital Area Greenbelt and works on the premise that users of public lands should accept responsibility for those lands through the formation of partnerships with government land-managing agencies.
For more information on the new project or on the Capital Area Greenbelt itself, contact the City’s Department of Parks & Recreation at (717) 255-3020.
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