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DCR Starts Construction on Waltham-Weston Mass. Central Trail Connection
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has issued a "notice to proceed" for work to begin on a short extension of the Mass. Central Rail Trail at the Weston-Waltham city line.
April 10, 2024
They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law
“The Law requires that MBTA Communities ‘shall have’ a compliant zoning district and does not provide any mechanism by which a town or city may opt out of this requirement,” according to the Attorney General.
March 17, 2023
Travel Guide: Wayland’s Aqueducts and the New Cochituate Rail Trail
I initially stumbled on the Cochituate Rail Trail in Framingham by chance last year. Since then, two substantial bridges over major roadways were craned in, and earlier this fall, the trail’s new extension into Natick Center officially opened to the public.
Juliana Cherston
November 6, 2021
Watch ‘Revival: The Story of the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway’
The documentary features Tom Fortmann and Cathy Buckley, two co-founders of the Minuteman Bikeway organization, who recollect their neighbors' opposition to the trail when they first proposed the idea in the 1970s.
June 29, 2020
A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston’s Suburbs
This fall, trail advocates and officials are celebrating ribbon cuttings on two significant new trail connections in the suburbs west of Boston: a 2.5 mile segment of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail through West Concord, and a 4.5 mile segment of the Wayside Trail (part of the longer Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, which extends from Somerville to Northampton) in Weston and Wayland.
October 1, 2019
