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GAP at the Waterfront In Homestead,PA
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John W. from Pittsburgh, PA on 6/7/2020 4:14:15 PM:
Got out on the GAP from downtown PGH today and went through to Homestead and back. Lots of locals out on bikes, dogs walkers, roller blades, etc. and even saw a few with packed panniers heading to Cumberland!

Does anyone know why this 1.1 mile section at the Waterfront is gravel when all the areas surrounding it on both ends are paved? It’s a fine surface just wondering why more than anything. Any plans to pave it?

John
 
Rivnuts from Homestead. PA on 6/7/2020 9:53:02 PM:
I ride through the Waterfront nearly every day since I live in Homestead/Munhall. That segment of the Steel Valley Trail portion of the GAP has been that way since original and formal trail was completed. It can be very soft with puddles after it rains. On nice weekends like today it is a very crowded path and arguably dangerous with walkers, goat watchers, dogs, kids and Lance Armstrongs that want to ride 20 mph through there even with the pedestrians there.

I think it's actually safer to just stay on the road through the Waterfront or, better yet, ride the service road through the nearly empty parking lots and behind the businesses.

As for plans to pave that section, I'll ask members of the Steel Valley Trail Council the next time I see them working on the trail.

PS: The Pumphouse parking lot was reopened today after having been closed for several months. The restrooms at the Pumphose remained closed at this time.
 
Rivnuts from Homestead. PA on 6/8/2020 4:22:41 AM:
I ride through the Waterfront nearly every day since I live in Homestead/Munhall. That segment of the Steel Valley Trail portion of the GAP has been that way since original and formal trail was completed. It can be very soft with puddles after it rains. On nice weekends like today it is a very crowded path and arguably dangerous with walkers, goat watchers, dogs, kids and Lance Armstrongs that want to ride 20 mph through there even with the pedestrians there.

I think it's actually safer to just stay on the road through the Waterfront or, better yet, ride the service road through the nearly empty parking lots and behind the businesses.

As for plans to pave that section, I'll ask members of the Steel Valley Trail Council the next time I see them working on the trail.

PS: The Pumphouse parking lot was reopened today after having been closed for several months. The restrooms at the Pumphose remained closed at this time.
 
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