Public-Private Partnerships in Action: Empire State Trail

Travis Glazier | Director, Onondaga County Office of EnvironmentJohn McAuliffe | Syracuse Program Director, Honeywell International

Owen Kerney | Assistant Director of Planning, City of Syracuse

History of the Erie Canal Trail in Syracuse

OHA

Onondaga Lake Resorts

What is Loop the Lake?

Why This Matters

Lake Lounge at Onondaga Lake

Lake Lounge at Onondaga Lake

Syracuse Creekwalk: Phase I• Connection from

Onondaga Lake to Armory Square

• Will provide connection between Empire State Trail and Loop the Lake Trail

Syracuse Creekwalk: Phase II• Will be constructed in 2019

and 2020• Will extend Creekwalk an

additional 2.2 miles• Create connection between

Armory Square and Southside neighborhoods

• Will further extend the reach of the Empire State Trail and Loop the Lake Trail into neighborhoods

Creekwalk Phase II

Creekwalk Phase II

Elevating Erie >>>> Empire State Trail

Empire State Trail • Coordinatio

n with NYS DOT in 2017

• Design in 2018

• Construction in 2019 & 2020

• This coordination will provide a significant