Duffy said VFPA, which does outreach on behalf of Valley Forge National Historical Park, saw this trail connector as an opportunity.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a short connection, but it\u2019s really a missing link along a really dangerous road that you really cannot walk or bike on,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
Though still in its early stages, the trail will provide immediate benefits to the community when it\u2019s completed, Duffy said.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of where this trail is, because of the people who live near it and work near it, it will be crowded with runners and walkers and cyclists the day it opens,\u201d she said.\n <\/p>\n
The route will provide pedestrian and bike access to major recreational, business and residential sites in the area, including the two circuit trails, Valley Forge National Historical Park<\/a>, Moore Park<\/a> and The Village at Valley Forge<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the things that we\u2019re really focused on, and we think is going to be a big part of this particular segment, is the ability for not only Upper Merion Township residents, but surrounding township residents to be able to access employment through the trail network,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n Goldstein said sections of the trail are already under construction or have been designed. He hopes to see the full trail completed within 10 years.\n<\/p>\n \u201cSome of it\u2019s rather complicated because some of it involves very expensive pedestrian bridges over highway sections, and that would be the delay,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s Note: The William Penn Foundation is among WHYY\u2019s financial supporters.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duffy said VFPA, which does outreach on behalf of Valley Forge National Historical Park, saw this trail connector…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14989,28,30,29,1384],"class_list":["post-43389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-king-of-prussia","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-philly-suburbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}