Volunteers put up signage
November 23, 2011 by ciestroud
Filed under Latest Trail Updates
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)
Read MoreLHT AWARDED $250K TO BUILD SEGMENT LINKING PRINCETON PIKE WITH THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL
November 2, 2011 by miguel
Filed under In The News, Latest Trail Updates, Press Releases
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 [...]
Read More3 SEGMENTS OF TRAIL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
October 11, 2011 by miguel
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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 [...]
Read MoreHappy New Year from the LHT — Get Outside and Checkout Our Progress
September 15, 2011 by miguel
Filed under Upcoming Events & Activities
Get outside while our beautiful “winter” weather continues. Many sections of the LHT in Mercer Meadow (Mercer Park Northwest) are complete. Phase 3 hopes to start soon. Carson Road Woods is nearly complete and is walkable throughout, and rideable with a mountain bike. Some sections of the trail still need to be packed down. And [...]
Read MoreTrail Construction Complete at Bristol-Myers Squibb Lawrenceville Campus
August 4, 2011 by miguel
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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 [...]
Read MorePhase I of the LHT in Carson Road Woods is Complete!
May 27, 2011 by miguel
Filed under In The News, Press Releases, Upcoming Events & Activities
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 [...]
Read MoreMrcr Cnty Park NW to become Mercer Meadows
May 20, 2011 by ciestroud
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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
Read MoreLawrence Planning Board Approves BMS Plan For Trail Segment
May 19, 2011 by miguel
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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 [...]
Read MoreThanks to those who visited us at Pennington Day
February 9, 2011 by Friant
Filed under Upcoming Events & Activities
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at Pennington Day and showed their support for the trail!
Read MoreGEOCACHING ON THE LHT
February 9, 2011 by Friant
Filed under Upcoming Events & Activities
Did you realize that there are more than 50 geocaching sites in Hopewell alone? And ther are more than a dozen along or proximate to the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. To see where they are, follow the link below. http://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=40.40918&lng=-74.78599 What is geocaching? To find out more, check it out on Wikipedia or: www.geocaching.com And don’t [...]
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