The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and towpath trail are fully reopen in Cuyahoga Valley National Park with riverbank erosion work officially completed Monday.

CVNP and contractors spent the last three years levelling seven high-risk riverbanks, adding stone and stakes to protect the bank from erosion and native plants to maintain a natural appearance.

At an eighth site in Peninsula, near Lock 29, a 242-foot-long retaining wall was built to ensure that erosion doesn’t impact the railroad nearby, Cuyahoga Valley National Parks Chief of Facility and Project Management Janet Popielski said.

"This wall is just one example of the impact of $24.9 million that was invested here at Cuyahoga Valley to stabilize over 6,000 feet of riverbank in the park," she said.

The project was funded by th

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