Project Background/Description
The College Park Woods Connector is a half-mile connector across the 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.
The project scope includes easements across public institutions and private property, a boardwalk across wetlands, wayfinding signs, and advanced-practice shared roadway markings.
Status/Project Updates
As of March 2020, the project is in Construction.
A summary of completed and anticipated project milestones is as follows:
- Contractor Mobilization (Complete)
- Erosion and sediment control features (Complete)
- Phase 1 Clearing (Complete)
- Phase 1 Construction (Underway)
- Phase 2 Clearing, prep for soil borings and GeoTech analysis (Complete)
- Phase 2 Construction (Underway)
Trail Opens: Summer 2020
Actual dates for the completion of the milestones are subject to change.
The anticipated project completion is early summer 2020.
Project Contact
Jordan Exantus, Northern Area Park Planner
jordan.exantus@pgparks.com, 301-952-3571
Robert Patten, Trail Program Manager
robert.patten@pgparks.com, 301-699-2522