Mark Walters

mwalters@ydr.com

A contractor has been selected for the $1 million project to enhance a portion of Heritage Rail Trail County Park in downtown York.

Shiloh Paving & Excavating will re-pave the roughly one-mile stretch extending south from Lafayette Plaza to Grantley Road, following a unanimous vote by York City Council Tuesday. Lighting will also be added to the trail, with 53 light fixtures either being added or repaired, said Jeff Shue, project manager for C.S. Davidson.

The enhancements will be paid for through a grant from the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and private donations, with DCNR and donors each kicking in $536,500.

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The bill for Shiloh Paving & Excavating is about $915,000. That will re-pave the surface from Lafayette Plaza to Jessop Place and turn the gravel portion of the trail from Jessop Place to Grantley Road into a porous pavement surface that will provide drainage improvements, Shue said.

Downtown Inc has already raised about $466,000 and is committed to raising the remaining money it needs to complete the project, Tim Miller, deputy director for the economic development group, told council members.

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Improvements will begin in March and are expected to be completed before the end of the year, Shue said.

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