Pentwater-Hart Trail Phase 2 Funded

Pentwater Hart Trail

a news release of Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance

After nearly five years of planning, revisions, and perseverance, the Pentwater Hart Trail is celebrating a major milestone.

The City of Hart has been awarded Safe Routes to School funding for Phase 2 of the Pentwater Hart Trail. This project will extend the trail through the City of Hart, connecting to the William Field Memorial Hart-Montague Trail and providing a safer route past the Hart school campus. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2027.

The award marks an important step toward the group's long-term vision of creating a continuous shared-use trail connecting Hart and Pentwater. Planning is already underway for Phase 3, a 5.2-mile segment that will complete the connection.

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Pentwater-Hart Trail Receives Additional Funding

Pentwater Hart Trail logo (graphic from Facebook)

from the Ludington Daily News

The Pentwater Hart Trail that seeks to connect the Hart-Montague multi-use trail to Pentwater, Michigan, has received grant funds of $888,861 from MDOT and the Safe Routes to School program.

Local matching will be $307,397, and the recent Tacos and Trek event was a fundraiser to help with that effort.

Claudia Ressel-Hodan, the President of the Friends of the Pentwater-Hart Trail Committee, announced that the City of Hart has also contributed to the project including educational components.

The Friends group has made a big effort to provide safety and education to young people about trail use that has qualified the group for some additional funds.

The 8.2 mile trail has been in the planning stages since 2015, and Ressel-Hodan says that the planning and engineering phases are nearing completion and that construction should begin in the spring of 2027.

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Date Set for Tacos and Trek for the Pentwater-Hart Trail

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cPentwater Hart Trail Logo (graphic from Facebook)

from runsignup.com

Work has been ongoing to extend the Hart-Montague Trail northward to Pentwater, Michigan. A route has been determined, and a portion of designated trail through Pentwater has been marked.

There will be a fundraiser this summer called Tacos and Trek for the Trail on Saturday, June 27, 2026. There will be a 5K Run/Walk/Bicycle event followed by a taco lunch. Registration is $35, for which you get a t-shirt and two tacos. Tacos are also available for sale for those who come out to support the trail for the price of 2/$15. All proceeds and donations are placed in a future maintenance fund for the Pentwater Hart Trail.

This event is sponsored by Friends of the Pentwater Hart Trail. Register at the link above before June 25 at 6 pm.

See more about the proposed trail route at Pentwater- Hart Trail Connection


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