An amendment to the Pennsylvania appropriations code requires the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to work with the state Department of Transportation to “develop, open and maintain an ATV trail connecting the Whiskey Springs ATV Trail to the Bloody Skillet ATV Trail by utilizing existing state roads and state forest roads by April 1, 2020.”
The amendment also provides for DCNR and PennDOT to “implement the full Northcentral Pennsylvania ATV Initiative” which would create a network of ATV trails from Clinton County to the New York State border by April 1, 2024. This network would link the Haneyville, Bloody Skillet, Snowshoe Rail Trail, Denton Hills and Whiskey Springs trails, according to a report at Lockhaven.com.
County officials and local ATV riders credited state Rep. Mike Hanna (D-Lock Haven) and state Sen. Joseph Scarnati (R-Brockway) for pushing the change through the state legislature.
The cost of the trail connectors will be paid from ATV registration fees.