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City breaks ground on PATH trail
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Dignitaries break into the ground of the future Olde Town portion of the PATH multi-use trail, which will run from the Ga. International Horse Park through Olde Town and the Nancy Guinn Library over Parker Road bridge. Left to right: Jonathan McCaig, project manager for the Olde Town portion of the PATH trail, City Councilmember Vince Evans, Mayor Randy Mills, PATH Foundation Vice President Pete Pellegrini, City Councilmember Cleveland Stroud, City Councilmember Marty Jones, City Councilman Chris Bowen, City Councilman Gerald Hinesley

Conyers broke ground on the Olde Town portion of the PATH trail on Tuesday morning, bringing to fruition a plan that had been years in the making.

The multi-use trail is designed for use by walkers, runners and bikers and partially funded by the PATH foundation, which builds and guides the construction of greenway trails across the metro Atlanta area.

“We are trying to create further connectivity with the bike path/walking path the city is donating to the community,” said Mayor Randy Mills at the ceremony. “It’s to get us out of the car and get us walking and biking.” Also on hand were representatives from Conyers’ running and biking communities.

The city is paying about $35,000 while the PATH foundation is paying about $60,000 to construct this phase of the trail. The project was bid out to ISC, Inc. and construction for the Olde Town portion is slated to finish sometime between February and May 2011.

The Olde Town portion of the multi-use trail will run from the Nancy Guinn Library over the Parker Road Bridge and will connect to the trail going behind the Tennis Center and the old Maxell plant. The trail will cross Parker Road and run by the Rockdale Career Academy. A spur of the trail will go to the Monastery. The trail will eventually connect to trail portions going through Oxford, Covington and Porterdale in Newton County on the east and into DeKalb County in the west.

For more information on the PATH foundation, go to www.pathfoundation.org.

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(11/9/10, 12:45 p.m.) Conyers broke ground on the Olde Town portion of the PATH multi-use trail today, bringing to fruition a plan that had been years in the making.

The Olde Town portion of the multi-use trail, which will run from the Georgia International Horse Park, through the Nancy Guinn Library, and over the Parker  Road Bridge, will connect to the trail going by the old Maxxell plant and by the Rockdale Career Academy. The trail will eventually connect to trail portions going through Oxford, Covington and Porterdale in Newton County on the east and into DeKalb County in the west.

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