Funding the Heritage Trail Progresses

Construction of popular park may start in 2016

An entrance to the Erie Railway track on Ryerson Road in New Hampton on Sept. 9, 2015. The track runs parallel to McVeigh Road and could possibly be an extension of the Heritage Trail that runs along the old Erie Railway track from Goshen to Monroe. Holly Kellum/Epoch Times

The progress on the extension of the Heritage Trail from Goshen to Wallkill has moved forward significantly in 2015 compared to previous years, and it appears that funding is starting to come together as well. 

The county was awarded $500,000 earlier in December by the state for segment two of the trail, which runs from Hartley Road to East Main Street in Middletown, and just days later, the Orange County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) gave the project another $1 million.

Several businesses have shown interest in sponsoring sections of the trail.