Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management - Mon September 30, 2024
Work Has Started On New $10.6M Boardwalk, Bulkhead Project at Rhode Island Beach
Construction has gotten under way on a $10.6 million boardwalk and bulkhead project at Rhode Island's Roger Wheeler State Park in Narragansett. The state's Department of Environmental Management (DEM) in Providence announced Sept....
CEG - Thu August 29, 2024
Niagara Falls State Park's $9M 'Crow's Nest' Walkway Extension in N.Y. to Soon Begin
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled plans Aug. 27 to begin a $9 million construction on the extension of the "Crow's Nest" at Niagara Falls State Park, north of Buffalo. The expansion project will include building new stairs and an overlook structure which will connect the existing Crow's Nest feature to Prospect Point with the goal of providing a new, close-up view of the world-famous series of waterfalls....
West Virginia State Parks - Tue August 13, 2024
WV State Parks Officially Break Ground On Largest Mountain Bike Trail Project in State History
West Virginia State Parks officials announced that construction on a major bike trail expansion at Cacapon Resort State Park has begun. The $3.5 million project will add 35 mi. of professionally designed mountain bike trails to the park's existing trail system, enhancing its reputation in the region as a premier outdoor recreation destination for hikers and mountain bikers....
Delaware Public Media & Delaware CIB - Mon July 01, 2024
Second Phase of Enhancements Begin at Delaware's James Farm Ecological Preserve
After a groundbreaking in early June, construction on Phase II of improvements to the James Farm Ecological Preserve in Ocean View, Del., has gotten under way. James Farm is a 150-acre nature park located along the state's Indian River Bay and managed by the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) for Sussex County,The preserve is open every day and serves as the hub of CIB's environmental education programming....
CEG - Wed June 05, 2024
Greenway's 'Clippership Connector' Coming Together in Downtown Medford, Mass.
This summer, workers are building a missing link along Massachusetts's Mystic River greenways that will bring the network of riverfront paths into downtown Medford, located north of Boston. The Clippership Connector path is relatively short — only about a half-mile long — but it will give Medford a safe, relatively scenic way to get across Interstate 93, a major barrier in the city for pedestrians, and connect the downtown area with its riverfront parks and schools in the fast-growing districts near the Wellington Orange Line transit station....
Mainebiz & Maine Monitor - Mon March 18, 2024
Maine Town OKs Plan to Redevelop Park; New Public Safety HQ to Go Up in Machias
The Fairfield, Maine, town council has approved a plan to develop a 5.5-acre park east of the downtown area, with a goal of attracting tourists, residents and local visitors, Mainebiz reported March 8....
Bobcat - Tue March 12, 2024
VIDEO: Bobcat, NRPA Grant Results in Increased Park Access, Improved Sustainability
Bobcat Company and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) are celebrating the culmination of their 2023 partnership grant to create vibrant and sustainable community park and recreation areas....
Baltimore County Government - Thu August 17, 2023
Old Bethlehem Steel Site Near Baltimore to Become New Sparrows Point Park
A portion of the now-defunct Bethlehem Steel Mill property in southeast Baltimore County, Md.'s Edgemere-Sparrows Point area will soon be transformed into a sustainably designed and accessible 21st-century recreational park....
Decatur Daily - Tue October 11, 2022
Some New, Upgraded Facilities at Alabama's Wheeler NWR to Open Soon
The renovated waterfowl observation building and a new outdoor photography blind at the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Visitor's Center, near Decatur, Ala., should open in November after undergoing more than seven months of construction, a park official told the Decatur Daily....
WHYY - Thu July 22, 2021
Highway Cap Over I-95 at Philly's Penn's Landing Delayed Another Two Years
A timeline that had sought to begin construction on a highway cap over Interstate 95 at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia has been pushed back another two years, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)....
