Panhandle Trail paved in South Fayette

Panhandle Trail paved in South Fayette

South Fayette Township repaired and paved a 1.8-mile section of the Panhandle Trail this fall.

A Panhandle Trail user rides an adaptive recumbent trike on the newly paved surface in the Sturgeon neighborhood of South Fayette Township in early October.

The portion spans from the McDonald Borough border, through the Sturgeon trailhead, to the Mill Street/Scotch Hill Road crossing at the North Fayette border.

People walk a dog and prepare to bicycle on the paved surface of the Panhandle Trail in South Fayette.

On behalf of the township, contractor Mele & Mele & Sons, Inc. conducted the $247,370 project to replace crushed limestone with asphalt pavement.

South Fayette secured a $130,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Multimodal Transportation Fund to partially fund the work.

South Fayette Township repaired and paved a 1.8-mile section of the Panhandle Trail this fall.

In the future, the township aims to pave the remaining portions of trail within South Fayette, in partnership with neighboring municipalities.

A total of 2.73 miles of the 29-mile Panhandle Trail are located in South Fayette, between mile markers 3.04 and 6.49, with North Fayette and Oakdale portions interspersed.

— Andrea Iglar