The Latest plan to close the 3/4 mile gap in the Johnstown PA "Path of the Flood" Trail.

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The official name of the "Path of the Flood". I have posted pictures of the area of the proposed trail in 2008>

Previous posting on DU, please note picture heavy:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=324x1764

Rather then have a Web page, the Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority (CCCRA) has a Face book Page on the upcoming meeting in regards to the trail:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambria-County-Conservation-Recreation-Authority/127651840647090

The complete Facebook annociment:

The Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority will hold a Public Meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Disasters Edge Environmental Education Center, 138 Park Road, St. Michael, to obtain public input as part of the completion of a Feasibility Study for the Path of the Flood Trail Links. This project, funded by the PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, is to determine the feasibility of a link between the two existing sections of the Path of the Flood Trail and also a link from this trail in South Fork to the National Flood Memorial in St. Michael.

In my posting in 2008, I mentioned three options. I called them the Lower Trail, the Middle trail and the Upper Trail.

In the most recent proposal, three options are given. The First and Second Options are variation of my previous comments on what I had called the "Lower Trail". What Kimball (The Engineering firm that did the study) calls A1R (OR Red) or A1B (Or Blue) differ in onlyqbout 10-20 feet. Red, goes down the path of the Winder Water main. then stays on the Water main till it gets to the Staple Bend Tunnel. Blue follows the same Water Main, but instead of going on the main, goes on the access road that runs between the Water main and the Lejigh Railroad branch line. Red would have to be bulldozed to be acceptablem while the Blue, except for the part between the present trail (Which follows the same water main) and where the water main runs parallel to the Lehigh Railroad. The company reclaiming te old slag dumped into the area by Bethlehem steel company. already has an flat route to take

What the Engineers are recommending is what I called the "Upper trail". This trail climbs further up the mountain and then down to be at the bottom of Incline #1 of the old Portage Railway. This would close the gap. Furthermore, given the natural of the Slag Recovery, the recover will transfer the property to the National Park Service as they not longer needed. Thus the Red trail may become available but that be 40 years in the Future.

What I called the Middle Trail is out, to much expense to eliminate 200-300 feet of collapses hillside. The whole hill will have to be stabilized for the whole hillside in that area is unstable. Never even made the final cut.

Thus that leaves what the Engineers call A1Y (or Yellow Trail), This goes via some old Logging roads which goes around the Collapsed part of the hill. Extensive Knotweed infestation. Worse the plan is to make minimal trail, no road building, just enough work, to permit people to walk their bikes aroiund the collasped trail and connect the two sections of trail.

The links below provide direct access to PDF copies of the Study through the L.R. Kimball FTP site for your review before or after the Public Meeting.

Type or copy/paste "100520FTP" into the User Name and Password entries.

Public Meeting Announcement http://tinyurl.com/3s43b3j
Executive Summary http://tinyurl.com/3cs2sjb
Feasibility Study Text http://tinyurl.com/3r225xx
Appendix A - Maps http://tinyurl.com/43hce5g
Appendix B - Photos http://tinyurl.com/3umrt3l
Appendix C thru G - Additional Supporting Information http://tinyurl.com/4x4omju


Comments should be submitted by October 31, 2011 to [e-mail]

For more information, call 814-472-2110.
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Like · Comment · September 29 at 7:19am
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West Penn Trail Progress is being made on the Path of the Flood. This should be an interesting meeting!
Yesterday at 12:50pm

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
This section of the Path of the Flood, Trail A, at the Franklin Ballfield will be closed on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, possibly for the remainder of the week to enable the Cambria/Somerset Authority to do excavation for a connection.

We apologize for any inconvenience but invite everyone to try one of our other trails, Path of the Flood from Mineral Point to Ehrenfeld, the James Mayer Riverswalk in Moxham, or the Ghost Town Trail with acess areas in Ebensburg, Nanty Glo, Twin Rocks and Vintondale!

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Like · Comment · September 22 at 10:28am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority added 6 new photos to the album September 14, 2011.
Like · Comment · September 14 at 7:32am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
Dual water samples of before and after treatment were taken and are being analyzed by both Compliant and CCCRA at separate labs.
Like · Comment · September 14 at 7:28am

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Compliant Water Technologies

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Like · Comment · September 14 at 7:06am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
Water intake pump lowered into Pond No. 1 at Webster

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Like · Comment · September 14 at 7:04am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
Truck mounted treatment system

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Like · Comment · September 14 at 7:03am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
Compliant Water Technologies had a demonstration at the CCCRA's Webster AMD Treatment System site on Tuesday. Treated the AMD water from the old Webster Mine in Nanty Glo, PA

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Like · Comment · September 14 at 6:57am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority added 22 new photos to the album July 28, 2011.
Like · Comment · July 28 at 8:53am

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Sojourners entering Nanty Glo

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Like · Comment · July 28 at 8:43am

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Sojourn participants "tent city" at Ghost Town Trail Ebensburg trailhead

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Like · Comment · July 28 at 8:42am

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Ebensburg 2011 Sojourn Staging Area

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Like · Comment · July 28 at 8:40am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
Monthly board meeting tomorrow, Friday, 7/15/11, at 9:00 a.m. at the Ebensburg YPCC
Like · Comment · July 14 at 7:14am

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority
Bridge along the CandI ready for the 2011 Sojourn. NOTE: This trail not yet open to the public.

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Like · Comment · July 6 at 10:40am
Chris Nagle and West Penn Trail like this.

West Penn Trail This brand new bridge (one of two) will be officially used for the first time on July 20 during the Rails-to-Trails Greenway Sojourn.
July 6 at 12:09pm

Chris Nagle When can we look forward to the loop being completed and open to the public?
August 4 at 10:25pm

Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority The loop is designed and the corridor is railbanked so all we need is money. We have been working to get segments of this trail completed but haven't gotten the funds to do it yet but we continue to press to get it completed.
August 8 at 11:16am · 1 person
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Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority edited their Founded, Phone and Website.
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1. On Friday December 9, 2011 I walked on the path and some work is being done

I do not know what, may be tied in with the water line underneath the path, or the underground cable in the area instead of the Path itself, but someone ran a bulldozer on the unfinished part of the path. I did not go down the unfinished part to see what was being done, but something is being done.