NH Seacoast Greenway

NH SEACOST GREENWAY

NH Seacoast Greenway (NHSG)
non-motorized, trail from the Massacussetts
border connecting with the Coastal Trails, to
is a the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth,
connecting with Maine's Eastern Trail.

The New Hampshire Seacoast Greenway will
be a leg of the East Coast Greenway, a 3000
mile trail currently being constructed from
Key West, FL to Calais, ME.

For now, the on-road route, an incredibly scenic
route following
Route 1A & 1B along the NH coast has been
defined as the current NHSG route.
It is virtually all on road. Most of this route has a
shoulder, but some sections do not. The project
Advisory Committee has approved the design of
the signage, and they should be installed this
spring (2008).

We are very fortunate that the Part of the RR corridor is owned by the state of NH DOT

and

that they are interested in seeing it developed into a rail trail. We also anticipate that as

part

of a national initiative (backed by several senators and congressmen) this project will be

competitive for:

Transportation Enhancement Funds,

National & State Scenic Byways programs,

National Recreational Trails Funding Program.

There is also Foundations and Private Funding as possible other options.

The proposed Off-Road Trail will follow the old Eastern
Rail Road corridor beginning in Seabrook and ending in
Portsmouth.
The trail from Seabrook to the Post Office in Hampton is in
NHDOT hands, but beyond that point it belongs to Guilford
Transportation Industries. Hopefully, some day it will end
up in the public's hands.

Looking south from Depot Ave, Hampton
Falls
Digital picture by Kenyon F. Karl on April 29, 2001

For maps and on-road bike info,
visit Seacoast Area Bicycle
Routes
SABR

Another aspect

is turning a

underused

asset

rusty rails and old ties into a

GREEN

TRANSPORTATION

CORRIDOR. We

can give

our selfs

and the future

generations a safe

place

to meet, and have

fun biking,

walking or

x-country skiing with

family and friends.

Another facet is

to use

it as a transportation

route to

the store,

library, or work.

In 2007

the

towns

along the seacoast

were asked to appoint

representatives

to the project

advisory committee for the

NH Seacoast Greenway. The volunteers have met several times and

have accomplished several

tasks including designing & approving signage for the on-road route,

selecting the name, and

organizing a public meeting that took place in May 2007. We are in the

process of getting funding

for informational kiosks to be set-up in a few locations, and since

establishing a marketing

committee have had contacts with political

representatives

, Chamber of

Commerce's

in several

towns, as well as ?????.

We have several other agenda's we will be working on through this spring. They are............

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