Sea Grant helps develop Seaway Trail plan

Pennsylvania is creating a corridor management plan to achieve federal designation as a National Scenic Byway for its portion of the Seaway Trail, which follows Route 5 and includes the Bayfront Parkway and the Presque Isle loop. At the same time, the New York and Pennsylvania Seaway Trail Programs are collaborating to obtain designation as an All-American Road. Completing the corridor management plan will make the area eligible to apply for and receive funding to implement the plan. "We are seeking this federal designation as a way to promote economic development and tourism along the shores of Lake Erie," said David Skellie, coastal land use and economic specialist with Pennsylvania Sea Grant, headquartered at Penn State Erie. Read the full story at http://www.pserie.psu.edu/newscal/news2004/december-seaway.htm