| Friends to our south Coastal Trails Coalition |
| CLIPPER CITY RAIL TRAIL, NEWBURYPORT The City of Newburyport completed the design of the Clipper City Rail Trail from the MBTA station to the Merrimack River. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year. Mass Highway is providing up to $2 million to construct the trail, including a new bridge over Low Street. MERRIMACK RIVER BOARDWALK – CLIPPER CITY RAIL TRAIL CONNECTION, NEWBURYPORT The Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council made a commitment to give the City of Newburyport $450,000 to help develop a new section of its boardwalk along the Merrimack River. That connection will link the Clipper City Rail Trail and the MBTA commuter rail station to the downtown and the harbor. |
| Amesbury biker and dogwalker. |
| And so do their kids... |
| Neighbors meeting neighbors |
| Other places have this! |
| Walking on The Amesbury Pow Wow Riverwalk. |
| These pictures I found on the Danvers, Ma website Danvers Bipeds. They are rallying to get a trail done in their neighborhood. Great Job, very creative! (Hope they don't mind me borrowing-if so let me know and I'll remove.) |
| Everyone can use the trails. |
| GHOST TRAIN TRAIL Bartlett Street Salisbury, MA |
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| The Coastal Trails Coalition (CTC) is a non-profit organization advocating for the Coastal Trails Network, a 30-mile public system of bicycle and pedestrian trails linking the communities of Amesbury, Newbury, Newburyport and Salisbury. |
| Amesbury River Walk |
| Clipper City Rail Trail Newburyport, MA |
| OLD EASTERN MARSH TRAIL DEVELOPMENT, SALISBURY The Town of Salisbury completed surveying and preliminary design work on a 1.3 mile section of Salisbury’s Old Eastern Marsh Trail from the Merrimack River to Mudnock Road. Mass Highway is providing up to $2 million to design and construct the trail. When completed, it will be the first link in Salisbury’s north-south rail trail that will ultimately extend to the New Hampshire border and connect residential areas with the town’s parks and elementary school. |
| The Boston to Border (B2B) project passes thru Salisbury, Newburyport, Newbury, Byfield, Georgetown, Boxford Topsfield, Wenham and Danvers on the old Eastern RR Line Corridor, on its way to Boston. |
| This is a view of the Merrimack River from the Old Eastern Marsh Trail |
| RIVERWALK EXTENSION, AMESBURY The Town of Amesbury received a new funding commitment by the state to move forward with extending Amesbury’s 1.5 mile Riverwalk to downtown. Agreement was reached to fund the $177,000 cost of carrying out a state-required revision of the design for the project, which calls for construction of a 400-foot-long bridge linking the Riverwalk with Main Street. Future plans include extending the Riverwalk an additional mile to the Salisbury line, linking the two towns by trail. |
| Newbury MA Rail Trail |
| SALISBURY POINT GHOST TRAIL – LIONS PARK CONNECTION CTC paid for surveying the recreational trail easement donated to the Town of Salisbury by resident Anne Jones that will connect the Salisbury Point Ghost Trail directly to Lion’s Park. CTC used funds donated by the Institution for Savings in Newburyport and the Fields Pond Foundation to pay for the work needed to complete the survey. SALISBURY POINT GHOST TRAIL – RABBIT ROAD CONNECTION The Salisbury Planning Board negotiated an agreement with Vaughn Manufacturing to donate a recreational trail easement to the town to connect the Ghost Trail to Rabbit Road. That key easement will complete assembly of the trail’s right-of-way from Lion’s Park to the Salisbury/Amesbury town line. |