==
Bike-Walk Alliance of NH ==
Friends
of the Goffstown Rail Trail ......
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Volunteers after a hard day of trail work this past summer
Introduction:
The Goffstown Rail
Trail is in the early stages of development, but most of it is already passable
on foot or mountain bike. It follows about 5.5 miles of the former B&M railroad
corridor, roughly parallel to the Piscataquog River and Mast Road. The trail
runs from the Main Street bridge in Goffstown village, through Grasmere and
Pinardville, to the Manchester city line near the Sarette Recreational Complex.
Eventually, it will connect to the Piscataquog Trail in Manchester, which is
also under development. The trail connects many Goffstown neighborhoods, schools,
parks, recreational areas, and other public facilities.
The Friends
of The Goffstown Rail Trail is an organization of energetic, dedicated citizens
volunteering to participate in the promotion, design, development, and maintenance
of the trail. The group meets at 7:00 PM on the last Monday of each month at
the Goffstown Parks & Recreation Center.
Project updates:
October 4, 2008:
Official groundbreaking
ceremony for construction of the Goffstown Rail Trail.
See
web site for details.
April 2008:
Great
news - the Hands Across the Merrimack bridge is now open!
For those who aren't familiar with this project, it is the rehabilitation of the old railroad trestle over I-293 and the Merrimack River into a pedestrian and bicycle bridge. It connects Manchester's Piscataquog Trail on the west side, to the Riverwalk on the East side. This is of particular interest to us in Goffstown, because the Piscataquog Trail will connect the Goffstown Rail Trail to this bridge. Some day we will be able to walk or ride all the way from Goffstown's Main Street to Manchester's mill district.
The town has recently completed a survey of the trail corridor. The first grant for the trail (from the NH Bureau of Trails) was received this summer. The funds will be used for installation of a trail surface on the "First Mile" project. Volunteers have cleared this section of the trail in preparation for construction in the spring.
Web site:
http://www.GoffstownRailTrail.org/
Contact person:
Lowell Von Ruden
President, Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail
43 Smith Road
Goffstown, NH 03045
603-497-5056
