Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Massachusetts
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Public Meeting to Discuss Alternatives for Routing the BFRT Through West Concord Center
The Concord BFRT Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, February 9, from 7 to 9 pm at the Town House Hearing Room to present information about alternatives for routing the BFRT through West Concord Center.
Details Here

Phase 1 of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is now open
Download a Trail Map with Parking Information here (PDF)

Fall 2009 Newsletter
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Design funding secured for rail trail's next phase
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.
Read the complete article here
Press Release (PDF)

Review signatures and comments of closed petition (Sept 22nd) to extend BFRT ASAP.

Rail Trail Information Phase 1

Chelmsford Mural Project

Route 2 Rotary Design Information Details here

Statewide Trail Usage Counts
Details here

Rail Trail Studies Details here

 
Trail Map
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Map

View the proposed trail map here.

View a map of central Massachusetts and how the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail will connect with existing and proposed trails here.

Download Phase 1 Trail Map (PDF)

 

July 4, 2009 Sudbury, MA Parade

Members of the Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail march in Sudbury MA Parade July 4, 2009 See Photos

The Bruce Freeman Trail is a proposed rail trail through the communities of Lowell, Chelmsford, Westford, Carlisle, Acton, Concord, Sudbury, and Framingham in Massachusetts -- following the 25-mile route of the old New Haven Railroad Framingham & Lowell line.

Phase 1 (6.8 miles in Lowell, Chelmsford, and Westford) is now open. Phase 2 in Westford, Carlisle, Acton, Concord, and Sudbury (13.1 miles) and Phase 3 in Sudbury and Framingham (4.6 miles) are proposed extensions.

Phase 1 in Westford, MA
Section of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

The Bruce Freeman Trail is open to non-motorized uses such as cycling, jogging, walking, and skiing. Other uses such as rollerblading and equestrian use may also be possible depending on the design.

Download a Trail Map with Parking Information here (PDF)

If you would like to see an existing facility which is very similar to the proposed Bruce Freeman Trail, check out the Nashua River Rail Trail in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable. A map and directions can be found at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/nash.htm

For more information about rail trails, visit the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website at www.railtrails.org.

 
   
ACTIVITIES

August 29, 2009 - Phase 1 Trail Opening Ceremony, Chelmsford, MA
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July 4, 2009 - Fourth of July Parade, Sudbury, MA
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June 6, 2009 - Trail Clearing, Acton, MA
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July 4, 2008 - Fourth of July Parade, Sudbury, MA
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June 20, 2008 - Annual Summer Solstice Bike Ride, Assabet River Rail Trail, Hudson, MA
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October 9, 2007 - Phase 1 Ground Breaking, Chelmsford, MA
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April 28, 2007 - Earth Day Parade, Concord, MA
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April 26, 2007 - Rail Trail Forum on Beacon Hill
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July 4, 2006 - Sudbury Independence Day Parade
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June 21, 2006 - Annual Summer Solstice Bike Ride
Assabet River Rail Trail, Hudson to Marlborough, MA
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April 17, 2006 - Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail on the Boston Marathon route, Framingham
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March 25th 2006, Trail Clearing, Acton, MA
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March 7th 2006,
Fundraiser at O'Naturals, Acton, MA
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October 22, 2005, Trail Clearing, Acton, MA
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JOIN THE BFRT

For information on this proposed trail please contact us at: info@BruceFreemanRailTrail.org or
Join the Friends of the Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

 
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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