SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — The Great Allegheny Passage will soon be connected to the 9/11 trail. It’s part of a massive project that will span multiple states and connect Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to New York City, to the Pentagon in Washington, DC. For those behind the project, the path hasn’t been an easy one and it’s taken six years to finally break ground in Garrett, Somerset County. (Photo Credit: KDKA) Acquiring the location of the trail has been a challenge. “Landowners, townships, boroughs,” said Lindsay Pyle, the director of Parks and Trails in Somerset County. And so has the many land issues. “Wetland mitigation, a lot of engineering and design work done for this,” said Pyle. It’s been setback after setback to make this connection happen. But after talking about it for years, progress is finally being made on the first 1.4 miles of a trail that will eventually become 1,300 miles long. “We were trying to do as much as possible to bring attention to it, bring excitement to it,” said Pyle. “We’re hoping within the next five years to be in Shanksville.” RELATED STORY: 9/11 Remembered: President Trump, Former VP Biden Visit Flight 93 Memorial In Shanksville On 19th… Read full this story
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