Commons Blvd Trail’s Creekwood Rd Segment Opens
The first segment of the Commons Blvd Trail has been completed, opening up a commuter route that will grow, expanding access!
September 27, 2023
The pathway provides a connection from the existing Jack A. Markell Trail at the I-295 tunnel to the Churchmans Road Pathway, thereby providing direct pathway access for the numerous residential, commercial, office and institutional uses in-between.
Length: 2.35 mi
Surface: Paved
Difficulty: Easy
“The Commons Boulevard Pathway is a multi-phased project that will link the Jack A. Markell (JAM) Trail at the I-295 Tunnel to the New Castle Corporate Commons, a major employment hub, located along Commons Boulevard. This pathway connection will also serve to strengthen the overall pathway system between the Cities of Wilmington and New Castle, as well as to points westward, including the Christiana Mall, Christiana Hospital complex and the Churchmans Crossing area.” – New Castle County
Providing safe and enjoyable access is a priority to encourage recreation and non-motorized transportation as Delaware’s trail network continues to develop.
Delaware Greenways on behalf of William Penn Foundation contributed $30,000 to the Feasibility Study for the Commons Boulevard Pathway, as part of the Future Trails of Northern Delaware grant (under the newly renamed First State Trails Coalition). Read the details below in Project News.
A welcome connection between high density housing areas and critical business areas:
Provides a key bicycle and pedestrian connection from Wilmington to major employers.
Expands a low stress alternative Countywide transportation network.
Initiates a trail connection between Wilmington to Christiana area and beyond.
Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP has completed a draft feasibility study for the trail idea to determine segment alignments and possible constraints to the project. Read the initial ideas from the April 2019 Committee meeting.
The first segment of the Commons Blvd Trail has been completed, opening up a commuter route that will grow, expanding access!
From the first time the idea of a trail connecting the Jack A. Markell Trail to Churchman’s Road connecting neighborhoods and businesses along the way was developed, Delaware Greenways was