RETTEW AWARDED CONTRACT TO PROVIDE PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL WITH TRAIL, GREENWAY FEASIBILITY AND MASTER PLAN SERVICES

LANCASTER, Pa. – RETTEW, a comprehensive engineering, planning and environmental consulting firm serving the mid-Atlantic region, was recently awarded a contract by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council to provide a trail/greenway master plan and feasibility study for the Greater Kingston Area in Luzerne County.

Funded in part by a grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund Grant Program, the project will identify potential trail and greenway routes for passive recreation uses within eight municipalities and include the Boroughs of Courtdale, Edwardsville, Forty Fort, Kingston, Larksville, Luzerne, Pringle and Swoyersville. The goals of the project include linking Back Mountain Trail, Luzerne County Levee Trail System, Susquehanna Warrior Trail and West Side Trail and providing connections to area parks, schools, senior citizen facilities and healthcare facilities.

In addition to the Greater Kingston Area Trail/Greenway Feasibility/Master Plan project, RETTEW has provided master plan services for Cumberland Valley Rail Trail, a 10.75-mile hiking and non-motorized cycling trail created from an abandoned railroad corridor to connect Newville Borough, the Village of Oakville and Shippensburg Borough in Cumberland County.

RETTEW provides engineering, land development, planning, surveying and environmental consulting services to a broad range of clients in the mid-Atlantic region. Beginning in 1969 as a single-person office, today RETTEW has more than 230 employees. Offices are located in Camp Hill, Chambersburg, Chester Springs, Lancaster, Nazareth, and Schuylkill Haven, Pa.; and Liberty and Margaretville, N.Y. For more information on any of RETTEW’s services, please call 1-800-RETTEW-5 or e-mail rettew@rettew.com.

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June 3, 2008