Harmony Trail Construction
Harmony Trail users have noticed construction equipment and supplies in the parking lot on Route 910 for a few weeks now. This is all part of the build up by a Pine Township contractor to install a safe crosswalk over busy Route 910. Trail users will not be directed straight across the busy road. The contour of the land makes the sightlines too short at that point to be safe. A new path, that includes a bridge, will be built along Route 910 from the top northeast corner of the parking lot to a point across from the new Brennan Road which leads into the new Wexford Station Development. A crosswalk will be installed on Route 910 at that point. A set of yellow lights will be built down the road in each direction from this crosswalk. A pedestrian button will be installed within the crosswalk. When pressed, this button will activate the two blinking yellow lights. This will alert cars approaching the crosswalk from both directions to use caution and presumably allow the person pressing the button to cross safely.
Pine Township has already had sidewalks installed on the Wexford Station side of Route 910. These sidewalks can be used to safely get to the new walking path below the development. This path, like the Harmony Trail follows the route of the Harmony Trolley Line. It is parallel with the old Brennan Road and runs the complete distance of the Wexford Station Development.
On a different note: The Harmony Trail Committee has been cutting back the knotweed along the trail two or three times a year. We also had goats chew it down a few years back. Although knotweed is ridiculously hardy it is showing some signs of weakening. We are finding another invasive, stilt grass, growing along the shady edge where the knotweed is the shortest and thinnest. We are currently investigating vegetation we can plant in the knotweed patch to further challenge it’s growth with a hope of eventually replacing it. If anyone knows of a successful competitor for knotweed or would like to help in our fight against invasive vegetation, please email info@rachelcarsontrails.org