Maintenance crew volunteers are currently conducting major resurfacing operations inPeters and Bethel Park communities, between Churchill Road and Library viaduct, MM 33-34.5. Trail users should exercise caution in this area, since heavy equipment, including excavators, dump trucks, steamrollers, and tractors will be in use. The maintenance crew expects to continue working in these areas until at least early October.
With the closure of Ewing Mills Road from late September thru October, use Hassam Road to reach the Airport-area Montour Trail trailhead near the sewage treatment plant -- named Hassam Road trailhead -- at around MM 1.4.
Join us to honor the late, former Montour Trail Maintenance Crew Chief Frank Ludwin. Montour Trail Council volunteers will name the garage at Kurnick trailhead in his honor, to mark the the significant contributions he made to the trail. Mr. Ludwin played a pivotal role in establishing the maintenance crew, and subsequently led this group for more than a decade. He was always committed to ensuring a safe and beautiful trail. The 10 am event will be held on the […]
Volunteers from Friends of the Montour Trail in Bethel Park will be accepting donations of any kind, from pennies to dollars to checks, on Saturday, October 10, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, at the following locations: Irishtown Road Trailhead parking lot Clifton Road at Washington Elementary Limestone Road trail crossing and parking lot Donations are used to fund maintenance supplies and minor trail improvements within the Bethel Friends-maintained trail section, such as grass cutting, tree pruning, parking lot maintenance, […]
Streambank protection work is underway along the Montour Trail in the Airport section, between MM 6 and MM 5.3. The work is expected to take six weeks to complete, through early November. Temporary closures may occur along the Trail. Use caution when passing the work sites and heed the signs/flaggers' warnings. Users may encounter heavy equipment, including large excavators and trucks that will come and go throughout the workday between 7 am and 5 pm.