Two Rail Trails and a Wildlife Refuge

Two Rail Trails and a Wildlife Refuge

The Assabet River Rail Trail lies on the north side of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge and the proposed Mass. Central Rail Trail borders the south side of the  Refuge.  The potential exists for a future connection of these two rail trails  via the roads in the Refuge.  The Mass. Central right of way is now managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.  This meeting will review status and progress of the rail trails.  The Bruce Freeman Rail Trail crosses the Mass. Central in Sudbury about two miles east of the Refuge.

Visitors Center
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
680 Hudson Rd.
Sudbury, MA

May 5th, 2011

6:00 pm  Meet at Visitors Center for two tours:
       Bike on gravel roads north to the Assabet River Rail Trail, led by Barbara Pike
       Walk south to the Mass Central rail bed, led by Dick Williamson

 Meeting room at the Visitors Center

•  7:00 pm   Introduction and geography, Dick Williamson, Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
• 7:15 pm   Status and plans for the Assabet River Rail Trail, Tom Kelleher, President ARRT
• 7:35 pm   Study of bus rapid transit on the Mass. Central right of way, Eric Bourassa, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
• 7:55 pm   Lease and plans for the Mass. Central Rail Trail, Dan Driscoll or Paul Jahnige, Department of Conservation and Recreation
• 8:15 pm   Proposed route on the Mass. Central right of way, Alan French, Bay Circuit Alliance
• 8:30 pm   Adjourn