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Improvements to Pittsford canalway trail

By: WROC-TV
Updated: August 21, 2007
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A-PITTSFORDCANALWAY2007-08-20-1187651272.jpgIt has been talked about for years...now improvements to the canalway trail in Pittsford are becoming a reality.


The trail will be moved around state canal maintenance facilities...which means trail users will no longer have to cross brook road in the town. The increased traffic on the trail has led to pedestrians and bikers getting hit by cars. The trail will now extend to the waters edge.


It’s hoped that beautifying the trail and making it safer will make it more of an attraction.


"The trail now is becoming more than a recreational and quality of life asset.  It's becoming an economic boost, a tourism boost, an economic engine for upstate New York," says Carmella Mantello of the New York State Canal Corporation.


The Buffalo-to-Albany trail is two-thirds complete and when it's finished, it will be the longest multi-use land trail in the United States.

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