Check in with the LHT at four spring events in your community

The Lawrence Hopewell Trail tent will be up at four events this spring. Stop by and learn about our progress or pick up a new trail map. April 24, 2 p.m. —   Trail opening and ribbon cutting on the Province Line Road side of the Bristol-Myers Squibb campus in Lawrenceville. Join us to celebrate [...]

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Volunteers put up signage

Hilary Burke and her son Jordan Antebi, 15, of Pennington attach a LHT sign to the Brearly House sign along the Delaware Canal in Lawrence, N.J. Monday, November 21, 2011. (Photo by Cie Stroud for the LHT)

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LHT AWARDED $250K TO BUILD SEGMENT LINKING PRINCETON PIKE WITH THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL

The Lewisville Road section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) is going off-road after the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) awarded the LHT and Lawrence Township $248,000 to build the nearly mile-long segment. The grant, one of only 3 awarded to New Jersey trail projects, will be used to build a section of trail [...]

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3 SEGMENTS OF TRAIL UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Construction is ongoing at three major segments of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT), with completion of each expected this fall. By the time segments on the Bristol-Myers Squibb Lawrenceville campus, Carson Road Woods and the former Pole Farm of Mercer Meadows are complete, about 72% of the 22-plus mile trail that wends its way through [...]

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Spring is visible everywhere on the trail — Get Outside and Check It Out!

Repairs are completed to the stone dust section in Mercer Meadows and Carson Road Woods. Most sections of the LHT in Mercer Meadow (Mercer Park Northwest) are complete. Phase 3 should start later this summer. But even those sections are dry and rideable right not, with a mountain bike or hybrid-type tires. If you go [...]

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Trail Construction Complete at Bristol-Myers Squibb Lawrenceville Campus

Despite delays due to record rainfall,  the trail section at Bristol -Myers Squibb Lawrenceville was completed by the end of October. Our congratulations to all the construction teams that worked to make this section of trail surprisingly beautiful. Trail construction began the last week of July, 2011 on the Bristol-Myers Squibb section of the Lawrence [...]

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Phase I of the LHT in Carson Road Woods is Complete!

The first half of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail in Carson Road Woods Park is now complete! The reddish brown stone dust trail begins at a small parking lot on Carson Road in Lawrence  Township, just opposite the northern edge of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Lawrenceville campus. The trail follows the woodline at first before turning and going [...]

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Mrcr Cnty Park NW to become Mercer Meadows

Did you know that Mercer County has a plan to change Mercer County Park NW into Mercer Meadows, an ecologically based community park that incorporates the LHT? See the interpretive plan here: http://www.nj.gov/counties/mercer/commissions/pdfs/park_mmpresentation.pdf

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Lawrence Planning Board Approves BMS Plan For Trail Segment

The Lawrence Planning Board unanimously approved the proposal by Bristol-Myers Squibb to build a section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail along the perimeter of their Lawrenceville campus. The trail section, about 2,500 feet in length, will run  from Carson Road Woods, inside the treeline, down Province Line Road, to the edge of the company’s property [...]

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Thanks to those who visited us at Pennington Day

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at Pennington Day and showed their support for the trail!

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