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Bike-Walk Alliance of NH ==
Londonderry Trailways
Committed to building safe bike/ped routes in our town
Introduction:
Londonderry Trailways is an all-volunteer group of local citizens formed in 1999 with non-profit staus pursuant to section 501(c) (3) of the IRA code. We have approximately 130 members. Our goal is to increase and improve the availability of trails for low impact, passive recreation in and around Londonderry. We are made up of citizen’s who are cyclists, walkers, hikers, cross country skiers, bird watchers, snowshoers, etc. Amongst our membership we have members of the Conservation Commission, Town Council, Planning Board, Zoning Board and the School Board. We have a diverse list of interests. What brings us together is the desire for local recreational trails.
Londonderry Trailways works hand in hand with the managing body of each parcel of open land to improve public access for recreation. For example, we meet with the various town government boards like Londonderry’s Town Council, Planning Board and Conservation Commission. Now that we have completed several projects and they see the end results, these government entities have grown to be very supportive of our efforts to provide services that town government typically has not organized or funded.
Londonderry Trailways organizes volunteer trail days at various parcels of town owned, school owned and now privately owned open space. At typical trail days we have primarily focused on upgrading existing trails by building significant bridges, painting & installing trail signs, marking/blazing trails, gathering satellite data to produce trail maps, grading the trail surface and trimming branches. We have also done all of the above for building new trails as well.
Project updates:
December 27: Londonderry Trailways President Sandra Lagueux confirmed that their organization will start focusing attention on their section of the Salem to Manchester rail trail corridor now that the in-town pathway has been completed. The momentum generated initially by the Windham Rail Trail Alliance and now being picked-up by Salem, Derry, and Manchester should help spur activity in Londonderry.
Sandra also mentioned that Scott Hamilton is to be the 2008 Londonderry Trailways President. A more formal announcement and date of when Scott assumes the position of President is pending.
December 2007, initial entry: Londonderry Trailways, in partnership with the Town of Londonderry Planning Dept, was awarded a grant of $550,000 to build a paved path/sidewalk from the Londonderry Middle School all the way around and beyond the Moose Hill Kindergarten. This project was completed in October 2008.
With the efforts now underway in Manchester, Derry, Windham, and Salem to complete the Salem to Manchester rail trail, Londonderry Trailways is to re-visit doing work on the Londonderry section of this important north-south corridor in the spring of 2008.
Web site:
http://www.londonderrytrails.org/
Contacts:
President: Sandra
Lagueux, 603-432-7985
Vice President: Dani-Jean Stuart, 603-595-8641
Treasurer: Kim Hamilton, 603-434-0867
Historian: Sharon Enright, 603-434-9314
Social Secretary: Sue Charest, 603-437-6209
Trail Day Organizer: Peter DeSantis, 603-483-2410
Newsletter Editor: Scott Hamilton, 603-434-0867
Membership: Walter Slozak, 603-432-9841
Website: Mark Officer, 603-432-0180
