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New Decals to Help Trail Users Pinpoint Their Location
 The Pinellas Trail is being made safer with the installation of emergency response decals. The decals, placed directly on the asphalt, are 200 feet apart with unique identification numbers that will enable emergency response vehicles to pinpoint the location of an incident. The decals can also be used to identify areas along the trail where maintenance or repair work is needed.
New Trail Construction Projects in the News
Great news for all fans of the Pinellas Trail! Work has begun on the northern loop section of the trail in conjunction with the widening of Keystone Road. You can read about the project by clicking this link
And, in St. Petersburg, the 34th Street Pinellas Trail bridge overpass, across from Gibbs High School, was officially opened on Saturday, July 24th with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"Bear Creek Neighborhood Cleans Up Along the Trail"
The Bear Creek Neighborhood Association in St. Petersburg recently did a neighborhood clean-up along the Pinellas Trail.
The photo's from the clean up show what the group accomplished. The dumpster of trash weighted 1.5 tons. They also recycled 77.4 lbs of glass, 16.4 lbs plastic, 11.6 lb aluminum and these totals were not included in the weight of the dumpster. The group had over 52 volunteers which in turn gave them 218 community hours served. They are well on our way to paying back the decorative lighting grant they were awarded last year. Congratulations to coordinators Mr. & Mrs. Sharpe and all the volunteers for a job well done!
Pinellas Trail inducted into hall of fame
The Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail was formally inducted into the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at the 2008 ProBike/ProWalk Florida Conference at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront hotel. The trail opened its first 5-mile stretch in 1990 and now spans 50 miles among nine cities and towns throughout Pinellas County. It is recognized as one of the best U.S. trail systems and one of the first five trails to be nationally recognized by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC). Each month, about 90,000 individuals use the Pinellas Trail. RTC's Hall of Fame inductees are selected based on merits such as scenic value, high use, trail and trailside amenities, historical significance, excellence in management and maintenance of facility, community connections and geographic distribution.
Plaques commemorating the induction of the Pinellas Trail were presented to Pinellas County Planning Director Brian Smith and Pinellas Trails, Inc.’s President, Scott Daniels. |
 Other News;
Bike paths will web the county An excellent story on tampabay.com about the plans the county has for expanding the trail system in Pinellas County. Also included is a short history of the Pinellas County Trail System.
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