Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Massachusetts
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October Friends of the BFRT Meeting, Thursday October 16, 2008 - Updates of Major Trails in the Region - Details here

25% BFRT Phase 2A Design Public Hearing
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 7:00 pm
Place: Acton Town Hall, Room 204,472 Main Street, Acton, MA 01720
Download Hearing Brochure PDF (4.5MB)

Construction Update Phase 1
Construction Information is available here
Construction FAQ is available here
 
Rose Breasted Grosbeak at Phase 1 section of the trail in Chelmsford Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak in breeding plumage near trail in Chelmsford

Statewide Trail Usage Counts
Details here

Rail Trail Studies - updated September 2008
Details here

CaLENDAR

Monthly Meetings

 Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail - October 2008
Topic: Updates of major trails in the region
Speaker: Craig Della Penna, Northeast Greenway Solutions
Date: Thursday October 16, 2008
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
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.

 

Earth Day Parade

Members of the Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail march in April 28, 2007 Earth Day Parade, Concord MA 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 under construction. 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. Autumn along the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
Section of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail The Bruce Freeman Trail will be 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.

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

July 4, 2008 - Fourth of July Parade, Sudbury, MA
See Photos

June 20, 2008 - Annual Summer Solstice Bike Ride, Assabet River Rail Trail, Hudson, MA
See Photos

October 9, 2007 - Phase 1 Ground Breaking, Chelmsford, MA
See photos

April 28, 2007 - Earth Day Parade, Concord, MA
See photos

April 26, 2007 - Rail Trail Forum on Beacon Hill
See photos

July 4, 2006 - Sudbury Independence Day Parade
See photos

June 21, 2006 - Annual Summer Solstice Bike Ride
Assabet River Rail Trail, Hudson to Marlborough, MA
See photos

April 17, 2006 - Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail on the Boston Marathon route, Framingham
See photo

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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