Waltham Preps Rail Trail Segment

 Bicycles and bike paths, Bike Paths, January/February 2023, Newsletter  Comments Off on Waltham Preps Rail Trail Segment
Jan 032023
 
Waltham Preps Rail Trail Segment

By John Dieckmann The city of Waltham issued the notice to proceed with construction of the central Waltham segment of the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) in May 2022. This segment runs 2.7 miles from Beaver Street by the commuter rail crossing west to Main Street at the Market Basket store. By mid-September, the tracks and ties had been removed and grading of the right of way had largely been completed with the exception of the short stretch from Linden Street to Beaver Street.  As of early December, the first course of paving was complete from the Garden Crest apartment [READ MORE]

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Mass Central Rail Trail Comes Closer

 Bicycles and bike paths, Bike Paths, May-June 2021, Newsletter  Comments Off on Mass Central Rail Trail Comes Closer
May 042021
 
Mass Central Rail Trail Comes Closer

By John Dieckmann When completed, the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) will run from North Point Park in Cambridge to downtown Northampton, a distance of 104 miles, following the abandoned right of way (ROW) of the former Mass Central Railroad. The MCRT has been a long-time work in progress, with some segments completed, others in the works, and others yet to be pursued seriously. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently completed a feasibility study of the western part of the MCRT covering 68.5 miles from the Amherst-Belchertown border to Hudson. The area east of Hudson through to Waltham has been [READ MORE]

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Bikeway Building Booms Beyond Belmont

 Bicycles and bike paths, Bike Paths, Environment, January 2021, Newsletter, Open Space  Comments Off on Bikeway Building Booms Beyond Belmont
Dec 302020
 
Bikeway Building Booms Beyond Belmont

By John Dieckmann. Photos by John Dieckmann In January, biking might not be on too many people’s minds, but with spring only a couple of months away, this seems like a good time to take stock of the regional rail trail network. The Belmont Community Path is a short but essential link in the long distance Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT), which connects to several other rail trails in its 104 miles from Northpoint Park in Cambridge, near the Science Museum, westward all the way to Northampton. This update covers the roughly 30 miles of the MCRT and connecting trails [READ MORE]

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Community Path Progress in Belmont and Beyond

 Bicycles and bike paths, Bike Paths, Newsletter, Sept/Oct 2019  Comments Off on Community Path Progress in Belmont and Beyond
Sep 162019
 
Community Path Progress in Belmont and Beyond

By John Dieckmann Recently, there has been great progress in developing the Community Path in Belmont and the segments of the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) in Waltham, Weston, and Wayland. Belmont The Community Path Project Committee selected Nitsch Engineering at their July 15 meeting to be the design contractor for the design of Phases 1A and 1B of the Community Path. Phase 1A is the Community Path extending from Clark Street to Brighton Street. Phase 1B is the pedestrian tunnel under the Fitchburg commuter rail tracks at Alexander Avenue and the short path connecting the tunnel to Concord Avenue. [READ MORE]

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