Rail Trail Steams Ahead with Feasibility Study
Needham Special Town Meeting approves $35,000 feasibility study for the southern section of the rail trail project.
Engineers will be looking over a path from Needham Junction to the Charles River, which could see a rail trail come to be within two years. Following a unanimous vote, warrant article 11 was approved for a $35,000 feasibility study on the southern portion of the rail trail. This is the first step in turning the defunct railbed into something the town can use. A related article, number 8 intended to create a rail trail committee, had been withdrawn. "While the town is paying for the study, most of the cost will be covered by private funds." Selectman Jerry Wasserman explained, "In short, it will be a very public process leading to a public amenity at little cost." Kathleen Phelps, an attorney with the Bay Colony Rail Trail Committee (BCRTC…
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