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Work continues on Empire State Trail

The temperatures may be cooling down, but the work to complete the Empire State Trail by 2020 is only beginning to heat up.
Putnam County TOPS Building Auditorium. Champlain Canalway Trail In September…mile Champlain Canalway Trail. The projects will be completed by 2020. The https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2017/11/work-continues-empire-state-trail

The Empire State Trail: One Year In

It's been almost one year since the NYS Legislature approved $200 million for to complete the nation's longest multi-use trail by 2020. All across the 750-mile Empire State Trail route planning and design, and even construction, is well under way.
Putnam Counties were held in November 2017. Champlain Canalway Trail …mile Champlain Canalway Trail. The projects will be completed by 2020. The… Champlain Canalway Trail serves as approximately one https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2018/03/empire-state-trail-one-year

Capital Region Trail Crossroads Host Events

Waterford and Cohoes played host to the annual Bicylists Bring Business Roundtable and Bike-a-Round.
and where the Champlain Canal and Champlain Canalway Trail start as they begins their run north to Lake…attendees were treated to an update from the Champlain Canalway Trail Working Group. The 62 https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2018/10/bicyclists-bring-business-event-waterford-draws-local-cycling-and-business-community

Empire State Trail Rolls Towards Completion

As 2018 winds to a close, a number of projects in the Hudson Valley and along the Erie Canalway and Champlain Canalway Trails are moving forward in advance of the Empire State Trail's 2020 completion date.
w sections of trail as they come online. Champlain Canalway Trail The final component of the Empire State Tra…il system will be improvements to the Champlain Canalway Trail. While some work is underway https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2018/11/new-yorks-empire-state-trail-rolls-towards-completion

Empire State Trail complete and open!

Nearly four years after Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a 750-mile trail between New York City and Canada and Albany and Buffalo, the dream is now a reality. The Empire State Trail, the longest multi-use trail network in the nation, is officially complete …
https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2021/01/empire-state-trail-now-open

Trails Blog: Small Town Charm on the Zim Smith Trail

From history to nature to top-notch eats, this rail-trail off the Empire State Trail from Mechanicville to Ballston Spa has it all!
https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2022/05/small-town-charm-zim-smith-trail

Canalway Trail system received over 10 million visits during COVID-19

Data from the last five years indicate that the Canalway Trail system was vital during pandemic, and usage remains strong with 3.55 million visits per year.
The Erie Canalway Trail and the Champlain Canalway Trail continue to receive high levels of visitatio…installed at 24 locations along the Erie and Champlain Canalway Trails https://www.ptny.org/newsandmedia/e-news-1/2023/04/canalway-trail-system-received-over-10-million-visits-during-covid-19