Starting at the Portage Hike & Bike Trail in Kent, this proposed multi-purpose trail – on land owned by Metro Regional Transit Authority – will follow an unused railroad corridor, connect to the Tallmadge Trail and continue west to the Towpath Trail via a linkage at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad's Northside Station in downtown Akron. Another section may link to the 33.5-mile Bike & Hike Trail in Munroe Falls.

A feasibility study was completed in 2009. Implementation will take place in three phases through 2014. Engineering is underway for the first phase from Southwest Avenue in Tallmadge to Middlebury Road in Kent. Construction will likely begin in 2012.

When completed, this eight-mile multi-purpose trail will connect Akron and Kent and will no doubt become another popular destination provided by Metro Parks, Serving County.