Pennsylvania's Millennium Legacy Trail
is not a continuous land trail from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg,
although such a trail might very well connect these two cities
in the future. Physical connectivity is stated in terms of
a system of local land trails (such as rail trails), water
trails, and roadways.
What Pennsylvania's Legacy Trail
is:
- A proposed
network of locally managed and controlled community improvement
projects of various types located along the historic Pennsylvania
Mainline Canal Corridor between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
- An
infrastructure which will facilitate new recreational opportunities,
improve quality of life and encourage new economic growth.
- A way
to maximize the potential of pre-existing and planned attractions
by linking them into an entity which encourages site-to-site
flow.
- A forum
to focus attention on the importance of Pennsylvania's natural
resources.
- A tool
to conserve important wildlife habitat areas and undeveloped
scenic areas.
- A strong
link with watershed-based planning initiatives.
- A framework
for re-connecting, physically, conceptually and economically,
the communities once served by the Pennsylvania Mainline
Canal.
* DCNR - Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources.
