C&O towpath getting resurfaced in Hancock area

by Geoff Fox

The C&O Canal towpath from the 123 mile marker in Hancock to the 155 mile marker at the Paw Paw Tunnel, is currently being resurfaced in a project that will run through early summer.

A subsequent phase will focus on Lock 42, which is the 89-mile marker, to McCoys Ferry.

Jasmine Shanti, M.S. Natural Resources and M.P.S. Legislative Affairs, said that during the resurfacing, the towpath would remain open to cyclists and…