Tobacco Heritage Trail Recent News

South Boston recently applied to the Virginia Recreational Trails program to obtain a construction grant for a portion of the Tobacco Heritage Trail within South Boston.
A public comment period for this grant occurs June 1st through June 30th 2008. To view the complete public notice see the link below. A map of this section of Tobacco Heritage Trail is also avaiable see the link.

THT South Boston Public Notice

THT South Boston Grant Application Map

 

Tobacco Heritage Trail Planning and Construction Sequence Outline

The initial site reconnaissance for Phase I of the Tobacco Heritage Trail was conducted in December 2006.

The First Community Meeting for Phase I of the Tobacco Heritage Trail was held on February 15th 2007 in Lawrenceville, Virginia.

The draft Phase I Tobacco Heritage Trail Master Plan was presented during a planning work session on March 16th 2007 in South Hill, Virginia.

The review of the revised Phase I Tobacco Heritage Trail was completed in June 2007 in South Hill, Virginia.

The pdf version of the Final Phase I Master Plan is available on this web site in "Trail Maps & Reports"

The detailed design of the Phase I Tobacco Heritage Trail has been completed . Final plans have been prepared and submitted, Final approvals with Final Plan submittal should occur soon with construction to begin summer/fall of 2008.

The master planning for the complete Tobacco Heritage Trail, The Overall Master Plan began in 2007! Site reconnaissance was conducted in September, October and November of 2007.

Tobacco Heritage Trail Overall Master Plan community meetings were conducted on November 27th, 28th and 29th 2007 at Alberta, Boydton, and South Boston, Virginia. Community participation was very good at each meeting.

The Final Tobacco Heritage Trail Overall Master Plan has been completed and will be available on this web site by the end of June 2008.

If you have not had the opportunity to provide comments for the Tobacco Heritage Trail, please complete our THT Comment Form.

Stay tuned for more information for Tobacco Heritage Trail...

last updated 6-26-08