2026/2027
Summer 2026: TCNA is waiting for an opinion from Baltimore City DPW and DOT to determine if Linkwood Road can safely support a trail. We are also waiting for a final implementation plan from Baltimore City DOT on Tuscany Road. Any improvements on Tuscany Road can only occur after repaving of the segment of Tuscany impacted by the recent water line replacement project.
Spring 2026: The Stony Run trail project remains in planning with the Parks and People planners working on the project with Friends of Stony Run.
The TCNA Streets Committee has several ongoing projects in the neighborhood. We continue to work with the Friends of Stony Run on improvements to Wyman Park and Linkwood Road. The funding from the State of Maryland has been secured and planning is underway to determine the routing of a path along Linkwood Road.
Winter 2026: A study will be done by RK&K to determine the best location for the path.
2025/2026
Completion of the Stony Run Path along Linkwood Road
At the November 3 , 2025 meeting convened by the Friends of Stony Run, the Linkwood path project was discussed. The funding is part of the Stony Run bond award, which has now been approved by the Board of Estimates.
Because of the emergency closure of the Stony Run bridge, replacement of the bridge is the focus at present. We had a preliminary discussion with a planner from RK&K and representatives from DPW about the project. The conclusion was that the path is an exercise in constructibility.
The path will likely need to be on the east side of the Linkwood. This would involve
- Reconstruction and enlargement of the existing sidewalk
- Connection to the existing trail segments by crosswalks on either end of the new segment
Barriers to placing the trail on the west side of Linwood Road next to the stream include
- Structural failures of the concrete stream channel
- A culvert under Stoneyford that carries a buried stream
- Linkwood roadbed itself
A study will be done by RK&K to determine the best location for the path.
2024/2025 Updates
TCNA continues to advocate for the completion of the Stony Run Walking Path between the two existing pedestrian bridges on Linkwood Road. Funding was obtained in 2023 to complete the trail and TCNA is partnering with the Friends of Stony Run and Parks & People to make this a reality. Baltimore City Recreation & Parks must agree to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) before the funds may be transferred to Parks & People. This agreement must be signed by various City and State agencies. The process of the city and state creating and agreeing to the contract language has been very slow. When this agreement is complete, the funds will be used to create a final plan for the project. We are checking in regularly with our partners to move this process forward.
2023 / 2024 Lower Stony Run Strategic Plan
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2023 Bridge Naming
Three years ago, the Baltimore City Council named the bridge to Amy’s memory. On May 20th the Tuscany Canterbury community will come together with her family, former Delegate Maggie McIntosh, Mari Selby, Evan Mickel, Eric Mickel and her mother Fran Mickel and nieces and nephews to dedicate the bridge.
2022 /2023 Updates
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April 2022 Walking Path Update
The State of Maryland has approved the plan for lower Stony Run (number 1 on the plan) and agreed to provide MD Capital Funds to create the walking path connecting the bridges.
See presentation to the Baltimore Planning Commission 2/9/2023
This is the final phase of the Tuscany Canterbury section of the plan to provide a continuous walking path along Stony Run from Northern Parkway down to Wyman Park
Nov 2021: Final Vote at TCNA Board Meeting
Nov 2021 Linkwood Road Improvements: Unanimous Approval
Following discussions with neighboring residents, at their November meeting the TCNA Board unanimously approved the Linkwood Road concept plan that was summarized in the October 2021 newsletter. Next steps: TCNA is working with Friends of Stony Run, Baltimore City Department of Transportation, and Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks to finalize the design and develop a cost estimate. The Linkwood Road improvements are part of a broader package of related trail and park improvements along Lower Stony Run that has the backing of our city and state representatives. For more information, see https://lowerstonyrun.weebly.com/
Walking Path Connecting the Two Bridges
After nearly three years of discussion and outreach to adjacent residents and the broader Tuscany-Canterbury neighborhood, a group of volunteers developed a Concept Plan for a new walking path on the stream side of Linkwood Road between the two bridges. The existing path in the grass will be maintained along the stream from Ridgemede Road to the north of the Ridgemede Road alley. However, from the entrance to the Ridgemede Road alley down to Stoney Ford Road, the path needs to run in Linkwood Road and will require a reallocation of street space to prioritize safety for people walking.
To accommodate the path and maintain two-way traffic along Linkwood Road, the motor vehicle travel lanes need to be shifted to the east side of Linkwood Road, away from the stream. Parking would be prohibited from Stoney Ford Road to the entrance driveway to the Linkwood Apartments to ensure adequate street width for cars, trucks, and emergency vehicles to pass in two-way traffic. To address concerns raised by residents of the Ridgewood and Ridgemede buildings, the project was modified to retain as much parking as possible north of the Ridgemede Road alley.
Traffic calming measures and ADA-compliant design features have also been incorporated into the design. Three sets of modified speed humps (“speed cushions”) along this stretch of Linkwood Road would slow cars and trucks, but they would have gaps to allow emergency vehicles to travel unimpeded. Street lights and signs would be relocated as needed to clear obstacles from the existing sidewalk, and portions of the existing sidewalk would be reconstructed to be ADA-compliant. Improved crosswalks at Stoney Ford Road and Ridgemede Road will make it safer to access the bridges across Stony Run.
Finally, responding to concerns raised about the quality of materials used in recent traffic calming projects in and around our neighborhood, the proposed design calls for more permanent, durable, and aesthetically-pleasing materials to be used to fit in with the historical character of our community.
The entire capital project for lower Stony Run can be found here
October 2021
Connecting the Two Bridges
The TCNA Streets Committee is working on the finishing touches of a plan to complete a missing link in the Stony Run Walking Path and make Linkwood Road in Tuscany-Canterbury a safer place for the community to walk, bike, and spend time outdoors. The proposed plan will be discussed at the TCNA Streets Committee’s Fall Meeting on October [date TBD] and presented to the TCNA General Membership at the upcoming November 1 meeting. Then the final Concept Plan will be voted on at the November 3 TCNA Board meeting.
The 2017 “Upper Stony Run Strategic Plan”, published by the Roland Park Community Foundation in partnership with Friends of Stony Run, proposed installation of a new walking path to connect the two bridges. The Strategic Plan states that: “The stretch of Upper Stony Run between Stoneyford Road and Ridgemede Road is the narrowest section of the stream corridor and is constrained by private parking lots on the west side and Linkwood Road on the east side. Consequently, there is very little space to accommodate the walking path. Several concepts for the walking path and its alignment through this area have been explored and should continue to be explored with the adjacent Tuscany-Canterbury Community and adjacent property owners.”
After nearly three years of discussion and outreach to adjacent residents and the broader Tuscany-Canterbury neighborhood, a group of volunteers has developed a Concept Plan that envisions a new walking path on the stream side of Linkwood Road between the two bridges. The existing path in the grass will be maintained along the stream from Ridgemede Road to the north of the Ridgemede Road alley. However, from the entrance to the Ridgemede Road alley down to Stoney Ford Road, the path would need to run in Linkwood Road and would require a reallocation of street space to prioritize safety for people walking.
To accommodate the path and maintain two-way traffic along Linkwood Road, the motor vehicle travel lanes would need to be shifted to the east side of Linkwood Road, away from the stream. Parking would be prohibited from Stoney Ford Road to the entrance driveway to the Linkwood Apartments to ensure adequate street width for cars, trucks, and emergency vehicles to pass in two-way traffic. To address concerns raised by residents of the Ridgewood and Ridgemede buildings, the project was modified to retain as much parking as possible north of the Ridgemede Road alley.
Traffic calming measures and ADA-compliant design features also have been incorporated into the proposed design. Three sets of modified speed humps (“speed cushions”) along this stretch of Linkwood Road would slow cars and trucks, but they would have gaps to allow emergency vehicles to travel unimpeded. Street lights and signs would be relocated as needed to clear obstacles from the existing sidewalk, and portions of the existing sidewalk would be reconstructed to be ADA-compliant. Improved crosswalks at Stoney Ford Road and Ridgemede Road will make it safer to access the bridges across Stony Run.
Finally, responding to concerns raised about the quality of materials used in recent traffic calming projects in and around our neighborhood, the proposed design calls for more permanent, durable, and aesthetically-pleasing materials to be used to fit in with the historical character of our community.
Details about the plan will be presented at the TCNA Streets Committee Fall Meeting on October [date TBD] and at the TCNA General Membership Meeting on November 1.
2017 -The Stony Run Bridges - A Little History
On October 7, 2017 the Friends of Stony Run, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks hosted a joyous ribbon- cutting event to celebrate the formal opening of the two new bridges over Stony Run.
Only a few Tuscany–Canterbury residents remember when the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, affectionately known as The Ma & Pa, went out of business in the 1950s. Residents living in communities along the abandoned railroad right of way gradually created a walking path from Remington and Stone Hill to Northern Parkway. Most of the pathway was on City parkland, but in numerous places the informal path either crossed stretches of private property and busy public streets or the Stony Run in a manner that was hazardous for all and impossible for some. This was especially true in Tuscany-Canterbury where the stream runs between Linkwood Road on one side and apartment complexes on the other. For years crossing the stream near Stoneyford Road involved a treacherous leap or balancing on a log.
With a continuous path as a goal, neighborhood volunteers began what became a decades long quest
About 15 years ago TCNA President Peter Molan mused and dreamed about a bridge over the stream near the intersection of Stoneyford and Linkwood Roads. Soon after Kirsten Day Held, who lives on Tuscany Road, formed an organization that worked with the City for several years to build a bridge on the site. At Kirsten’s urging the Department of Recreation and Parks even hired an engineering firm to design a bridge on the site. Several years passed, though, and still no bridge. Next up was TCNA President A.J. O’Brien, who because of his interest in the neighborhood and the Ma and Pa Railroad’s history, wanted to figure out how to consolidate the walking path and the old railroad right of way. A.J. worked with lawyers at the Community Law Center to determine whether or not the right of way still existed after the parking lots of the Linkwood Apartments and The Carlyle were constructed
By this time others became interested in the dream of a continuous path along Stony Run and with the necessity of easing the walk to and from Wyman Park. For three years a small group of Tuscany-Canterbury residents met at Choclatea every Tuesday morning to plot and plan. The group included A.J., Anne Perkins, Sue Talbott, Ralph Kurtz, and Bill Eberhart. Soon they were joined by Sandy Sparks from Charles Village, Matt Greenwood from Remington, landscape designer Matt Fitzsimmons from Hord Koplan Macht and an intern from Greater Homewood. The Choclatea group determined that the first step would be for all the neighborhoods along Stony Run from Northern Parkway to Remington and Stone Hill to agree on an alignment for the walking path. This involved raising money – about $20,000 – to hire a landscape architect to design the path and provide maps to use in discussions with neighborhood leaders. The money was raised from individuals, foundations, and Johns Hopkins University. TCNA contributed $1,000 from its treasury. During the spring and summer of 2012 the Choclatea group held meetings with residents in all the communities along Stony Run and eventually got agreement to the proposed alignment.
Next came the need for construction money and lots of it. Our neighbor, Delegate Maggie McIntosh was/is in a key leadership position in the Maryland House of Delegates and was able to persuade Governor Martin O’Malley and then Secretary of Natural Resources John Griffin to appropriate $1.2 million dollars in two budget years for the Linkwood Road bridges and a number of other projects along the path from Northern Parkway to University Parkway. Construction projects seem to take forever – engineering and landscape design, procurement and bidding contracts, construction and storms meetings with the Rec and Parks folks etc. Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke had to come to the rescue numerous times as the bridges neared completion. Finally it all came to a joyous finale on October 7.
Never forget, though, that it happened in great part because of the time, effort and perseverance of volunteers and elected officials from Tuscany Canterbury sticking with it over the years.
Uncompleted projects include:
- Planting and caring for new trees on hillside by University Parkway and Linkwood
- Maintaining the TCNA garden by large bridge on Linkwood
- Replacing aging benches
- Raising money for additional plantings and maintenance in the park
Special Thank You for Phase 1 of Upper Stony Run and the Bridges
The State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Mark J. Belton, Daryl Anthony, John F. Wilson, Steve Carr
The Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks: Reginald Moore, William Vondrasek, Valerie McGuire, Jim Fendryk, Frank Lipscomb,, Roni Marsh, Gennady Schwartz, Construction, Site Preparation, Landscaping, RK&K, Mahan Rykiel Associates, Allied Contractors, Inc., William T. King, Inc.,, Hord Coplan Macht, Inc.
Elected Officials: Mayor Catherine Pugh, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Senator Joan Carter Conway, Delegate Maggie McIntosh, Delegate Sandy Rosenberg, Delegate Curt Anderson, Delegate Mary Washington. City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, City Councilwoman Sharon Green Middleton
Private Sector Funding: Johns Hopkins University, Abell Foundation, Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, Krieger Foundation, Roland Park Community Foundation
Community Groups and Non-profit Help: Tuscany Canterbury Neighborhood Association, Wyman Park Community Association, Friends of Stony Run, Roland Park Civic League, Greater Homewood Community Association/Strong City Baltimore, Boy Scouts of America, TreeBaltimore, Blue Water Baltimore, Wyman Park Dog Fanciers, Herring Run Nursery
Community Volunteers, Peter Molan, Kirsten Day Held, John Held, A. J. O’Brien, Anne Perkins, Sue Talbott, Ralph Kurtz, Bill Eberhart, Matthew Fitzsimmons, Matt Greenwood, Sandy Sparks, Steve Ziger, Amy Bonitz, Al Copp, Mary Page Michel, Phil Spevak,Trudy Bartel, Tom McGilloway, Craig Huntley, Ray Iturraide, Amy Johanson, Myra Brosius, Tom Gamper, Brion McCarthy, Brian Weeks, Steve Mickletz, Natalia Dricho, Claire Wayner, Erin Goodloe, Megan Griffith, Jane Sundius, Jenny Katz, Elaine Doyle-Gilespie, Martha Holleman, Fred Chalfant, Deborah Callard, Ann Finkbeiner, Alice Nelson, Travers Nelson, , Linda Eberhart, Luke Ackerman, Roz Mansouri, Matt Stegman and many others
