Montgomery County commissioners authorized $2.28 million in engineering contracts to advance two segments of the Cross County Trail East, both spanning Upper Moreland and Upper Dublin townships. A $1.35 million contract went to Fort Washington-based Michael Baker International for preliminary engineering on Section B in Upper Moreland, while Bowman Consulting Group received roughly $934,000 for Section A work across Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland. Both contracts were funded with 80% federal dollars and 20% county capital improvement funds. Montgomery County's Cross County Trail is an ambitious, 17.5-mile, multi-use trail planned to run from the Schuylkill River Trail in Conshohocken westward all the way to the Pennypack Trail in Bryn Athyn, creating a major north-south corridor through the heart of the county.
Source: Pottstown Mercury; 4/23/2026