Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and Kennywood/Sandcastle President Peter J. McAneny today announced they have made "significant progress" to accommodate the Great Allegheny Passage biking and hiking trail on Sandcastle property.

"I want to thank Pete McAneny, Kennywood Entertainment and Parques Reunidos for working with me to arrive at a solution that will enable us to complete the Great Allegheny Passage," said Mr. Onorato in a press release. "We are working on the conditions of an agreement that will allow the trail to pass through Sandcastle property in a way that will benefit users of both the trail and the water park."

The effort would close the final half-mile gap in the 335-mile biking and hiking trail stretching from Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C.

"We have made significant progress on the critical issues of liability for accidents, safety and the allocation of the property available to accommodate both a trail and the Sandcastle entrance road," said Mr. McAneny.

But the release says "Many of the details, including the final alignment of the trail, must still be resolved."