ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A yearslong collaboration billed as the Lehigh Valley’s “most significant public-private partnership” has finally cleared Allentown’s planning approval process.
Planning commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a $57 million project to convert miles of former railroad tracks into roads and trails between Hamilton Street in Allentown and Race Street in Whitehall Township.
The Riverside Drive Multimodal Revitalization Corridor is a joint undertaking with both municipalities, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission and the state Transportation Department…