[Durham INC] Tobacco Trail connector to open Saturday (Herald-Sun)

[John Schelp]

Connector to open Saturday
By Mark Donovan, Herald-Sun, 12 May 2010

The Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and the City of Durham invite you to a ribbon cutting of the American Tobacco Trail to South Street Connector path at 1630 South St. at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The connector path project was planned, cleared and managed by volunteers of the Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and paid for with a grant from the North Carolina State Parks Adopt-a-Trail Grant Program. Cole's Concrete was the prime contractor for the concrete path which connects the American Tobacco Trail and South Street across from the West Lawson Street intersection.

This connector will allow Southside community residents to more easily access the American Tobacco Trail. From there, users can access shopping, businesses, parks, schools and neighborhoods along eight miles of completed trails. [Including NCCU and Durham Tech, both on Lawson.]

American Tobacco Trail users will be able to easily access South, Lawson and Roxboro streets.