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Boxford Rail Trail abutters comment on plans

Tri-Town Transcript - Kathryn O'Brien - ‎6 hours ago‎
By Kathryn O'Brien/tritown@cnc.com Abutters who live along the proposed Boxford section of the regional Rail Trail had a chance to ask questions Tuesday ...

Rail trail is trucking along in Danvers

Danvers Herald - Cathryn Keefe - ‎Apr 14, 2010‎
By Cathryn Keefe O'Hare The Iron Horse Preservation Society had progressed to the area by the Cherry Street Fish Market on Hobart Street Tuesday morning, ..


FROM RAIL TO TRAIL

Preservation group building path - at no cost to Danvers

Federal funding to jump-start Boxford rail trail

Tri-Town Transcript - Brendan Lewis - ‎Apr 1, 2010‎
...Town receives $720,000 for Rail Trail

Community Preservation group picks 10 proposals

Acton-The Beacon - ‎Mar 19, 2010‎
In the area of Recreation, CPC recommends funding of $115000 for continued design work on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. ...

Fans want rail trail put on front burner

Boston Globe - Jennifer Fenn Lefferts - ‎Mar 25, 2010‎

New Wayland town planner ready to go

Wayland Town Crier - Veer Mudambi - ‎Dec 4, 2009‎
... of the Cochituate Village plan; bringing the Rail Trail to fruition; and increasing the commercial tax base, particularly with the Town Center project. ...

Natick begins talks to buy land for rail trail

Natick Bulletin and Tab - Chris Bergeron - ‎Dec 4, 2009‎
In addition, the committee has $450000 remaining from the money that developers of the Natick Mall Expansion set aside for the rail trail. ...

Step & Spokes: Trail adds a new dimension to Chelmsford

Chelmsford Independent - Heather Blanchette - ‎Nov 24, 2009‎
The opening of the rail trail has added a bright new dimension to what summer in Chelmsford looks like for our family. I love the memories it's building and ...

Steps & Spokes: A good first step

Chelmsford Independent - Randy Peterman - ‎Dec 9, 2009‎
With the opening of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in September, the town has seen an explosion of people out walking and riding bikes. ...

Chasing big dreams of a rail trail

Wayland Town Crier - Michael Wyner - ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
The Friends of the Wayland Rail Trail has many of the ingredients to successfully transform an abandoned 3-mile path through Weston, 

A look at proposed stretch of rail trail from Natick to Framingham

Boston Globe - Megan McKee - ‎Nov 25, 2009‎
When completed, the paved trail will extend from Natick center to the Framingham town line. There, it will hook up with Framingham's 1.5-mile rail trail ...

Maynard voters approve $40K in Community Preservation funds for Rail Trail Oct 29, 2009, Maynard - Assabet River Rail Trail proponents, were beneficiaries of an Oct. 26 special Town Meeting that approved every spending item proposed.Voters that night approved a total of $40,000 in community preservation funds to design the trail and buy easements for it’s eventual construction.

Design funding secured for rail trail's next phase  Oct 22, 2009, Concord - The Patrick-Murray Administration has announced that the Executive Office of Transportation has awarded $500,000 in Transportation Enhancements funding for final design of phase 2A of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.

First phase of Freeman rail trail opens Saturday
Boston Globe - Aug 27, 2009
She said rail trail projects have been hampered in the past because of ... In some communities, like Concord and Sudbury, the project has stalled over ...

Design funds for Cochituate Rail Trail
Boston Globe - Aug 18, 2009
The 2.5-mile Natick section of the Cochituate Rail Trail received a boost to its ... When completed, the Cochituate Rail Trail will extend from Framingham's .

Maynard rail trail money among 5th District requestsMaynard - Congresswoman Niki Tsongas today released a list of 19 transportation projects in the 5th Congressional District that she submitted to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for consideration in the fiscal 2010 Transportation Reauthorization bill. Icluded in Tsongas' list is $3.2 million for the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. 

Waltham Trail Plans Chugging Along   WALTHAM - As the state negotiates a lease with the MBTA for a dormant rail bed, city officials are once again hopeful that previous rail-to-trail plans shot down by a neighboring community can be resurrected and finally made a reality.