A proposed memorial trail that would connect the sites of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks is weaving its way through the region.

Last week, the Carbon County Commissioners heard from Jared Soto, who was representing the Carbon Chamber and Economic Development Corporation.

Soto said that while it isn’t confirmed yet, plans are being made for a 9/11 Memorial Trail kickoff event the weekend of Sept. 11. It includes a bike ride from the No. 9 Mine Museum in Lansford to Pottsville. The trail connects the Panther Valley and Tamaqua areas to the larger 1,500-mile national trail that spans the three crash sites in Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. and New York.

The anthracite connector, which is for this area, would be a 30-mile segment between Pottsville and Jim Thorpe, where it would connect to the D&L Trail. It would traverse the communities of Pottsville, Palo Alto, Tamaqua, Coaldale, Nesquehoning, Lansford and Summit Hill before its D&L connection in Jim Thorpe.

Soto said that the project for this area received a $20,000 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Peer Grant to help form the trail alliance for this portion of the memorial trail.

The 9/11 Memorial Trail received national, bipartisan recognition on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. It has been in the works on determining a final route ever since with the goal for the trail to be open for the 25th anniversary this year.