The College Park Woods Connector is a half-mile connector across University of Maryland land between the neighborhood of College Park Woods and the Paint Branch Trail. This trail project will link a residential community in the City of College Park with the University of Maryland campus and the Anacostia Tributaries Trail System. It will increase bicycle safety by providing a car-free bicycling and walking alternative to busy Metzerott Road and an at-grade crossing of University Boulevard.

Status (Updated April 2019)

Budget: ~$2.0 million for design and construction
Funding Sources: M-NCPPC, State
Project Activities: Easements across public institutions and private property, a boardwalk across wetlands, wayfinding signs and advanced-practice shared roadway markings.

Under Construction as of March 2019

Target completion dates:
July 2019 - Phase 1, west of Greenmead Drive
February 2020 - Phase II East of Greenmead Drive

Trail Opens: Early 2020

 Contact: Robert Patten, Trail Program Manager