Settlement allows Derry Rail Trail tunnel to move forward
Image above from the Bike-Walk Alliance of New Hampshire (BWANH) NHDOT will incorporate a tunnel for the Derry Rail Trail as part of its I-93 Exit 4A interchange project as part of a settlement with the Committee to Save the Derry Rail Trail Tunnel and Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC), per the conservancy’s February 10…
Hudson making steady progress on the Mass Cenral Rail Trail
The neighboring MetroWest towns of Sudbury and Hudson have made a splash lately on trail progress. A true network of trails is coming together on the ground, with more segments moving forward in CAD. There’s the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Phase 2D extension to South Sudbury that had a soft opening this past year. Intersecting…
East Coast Greenway Alliance shares 2025 highlights, including New England progress
Featured image: NH Seacoast Greenway Phase 1A near Eileen Dondero Foley Ave. and Islington St., taken April 2024, before it officially opened. The ribbon cutting took place in summer 2024, and it was officially designated part of the ECG in 2025. The East Coast Greenway Alliance looked back on the progress made in 2025 in…
StreetsblogMASS gives Bay State trail outlook for 2026
Featured image: Not the latest BFRT segment in Sudbury — I haven’t been on it yet and don’t have a photo; see StreetsblogMASS article for a great one — so using this 2018 photo of the then-new Phase 2A going through Acton Making a 2026 pact to get these articles rolling again after another long…
Belmont Community Path is getting back on track (and under the tracks)
Source of featured image above: MassDOT via Streetsblog MASS On Wednesday, Streetsblog MASS published an update on the design of Phase 1 of the Belmont Community Path. The article mentioned a MassDOT public hearing (PDF of flyer) on the preliminary design, which was held the following day. The project has been delayed for a few…
Main Sudbury segment of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in the home stretch
Image from a photo collection available at the Town of Sudbury BFRT Information web page The primary segment of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail (BFRT) in Sudbury, which has been under construction since January 2023, could be done by the fall, as reported by Neal McNamara in Patch.com earlier this month. The 4.4-mile segment –…
MassDOT news release touts the opening of 20 miles of new paths in the Bay State in 2023
MassDOT continues to be a leading state transportation department when it comes to building out Massachusetts’ statewide walking and bicycling network. Central to this network are the Bay State’s many shared use paths. In a news release earlier this month, MassDOT touted an additional 20 miles of paths that opened last year across the Commonwealth.…
MassDOT updates Twin Cities Rail Trail Phase 2 bridge design
Getting back to the blog after another long break. This time, I had the best possible excuse for a break! Last month, MassDOT held a public information meeting to present an updated design for Phase 2 of the Twin Cities Rail Trail. Phase 2 is a short but important connection: a bridge over the North…
Construction underway on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in Sudbury
As reported on the Town of Sudbury’s website and reposted on the Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail’s site, construction of BFRT Phase 2D in Sudbury got underway last month. We are happy to announce that on Monday, January 23, 2023, A.A. Will Corporation and their subcontractor, Stanley Tree Service, will commence active vegetation…
2023 Trails: NH Seacoast Greenway
Another trail with a big milestone in 2023 is the New Hampshire Seacoast Greenway. This year, construction is expected to begin on Phase 1A of the trail, which will span 8 miles from Portsmouth to North Hampton. The NHSG is a game-changing trail for the Granite State, the Seacoast, New England, and the East Coast…
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