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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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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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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LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES TRAIL PLAN FOR CARSON ROAD WOODS

With a unanimous vote, the Lawrence Township Council approved the plan to build an important section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) in the Carson Road Woods Park. Last month’s decision caps eight years of discussions with neighborhood organizations about the details and location of the trail. A 186-acre public park owned by Lawrence Township, [...]

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LH Trail requests Hopewell Open Space funds for 3 remaining trail segments in Hopewell

“If Hopewell Township approves this request and finances it as they have previous open space projects, with a small ‘down payment,’ they will help create an asset that will pay dividends to our community for decades to come.”

“We also hope the Township Committee recognizes that this project is distinctly different than other open space projects, as it provides residents access to many hundreds of acres of preserved land paid for with taxpayer dollars,” Taylor continued. “That is consistent with state policy, county policy and the Hopewell Township Master Plan, and we think it just makes common sense.”

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New LHT E-Newsletter

View and read the LHT’s most current E-Newsletter by clicking the link below. Click for LHT Newsletter June 2010

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LHT Links to East Coast Greenway

The East Coast Greenway (ECG) is quickly taking shape as the urban alternative to the Appalachian Trail. Winding over 2600 miles through cities, suburbs, villages and countryside from Maine to Florida, it offers bicyclists a journey of discovery through the culturally and naturally rich eastern seaboard of the United States.   The ECG corridor is [...]

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Google Biking Maps Show LHT

Google Maps now feature detailed biking directions for users who want to find the best directions for cycling. Accessible sections of the LHT are being added to Google’s web mapping service on a regular basis. Google unveiled its search feature for biking directions just this past March. Optimal routes are calculated from traffic, elevation change, bike [...]

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LHT Safe Crossings Construction in Hopewell Twp

Construction work will begin soon on safe bicycle/pedestrian crossings at the intersection of Pennington-Rocky Hill Road and Bailey Drive in Hopewell Township to accommodate further expansion of the LHT. The entire cost of the planned safety improvements is covered by a $275,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). Awarded by the State [...]

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