By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times
WEIRTON, W.Va. — Weirton parks officials continue to work toward long-standing plans to complete the paving of the Panhandle Recreational Trail, but note additional funds will be needed.
The topic was among those discussed during Thursday’s meeting of the Weirton Board of Parks and Recreation, with members approached by a resident questioning the status of the effort.
“I don’t know if you realize what that trail does for the community,” resident John Sinnett said in addressing the board. “We’ve got the best trail out of all of them.”
Sinnett said he often walks on the trail, which starts near the interchange of U.S. Route 22 and Harmon Creek Road, traveling east along Harmon Creek into Pennsylvania. He said he, and others, appreciate the efforts of the board in getting much of the trail paved, as opposed to the previous layers of crushed limestone or aggregate, and pointed to the work of volunteers to maintain the trail as well as provide transportation to area hotels for visitors using the trail.
He said, though, there are those who know the paving is not complete on the West Virginia portion of the trail and won’t travel its full length.
