Documents

Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee - All Documents ( Including Archived )
Title	Date	Categories	Site
Rail Trail Agricultural Concerns — Paul Cavicchio Letter -- February 25, 2008	October 14, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Glossary of Rail-Trail Related Acronyms Adobe Acrobat	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce N. Freeman Memorial Bicycle Path Feasibility Study The goal of the study was to assess the feasiblility of constructing a 4.6 mile Bruce N. Freeman Memorial Bicycle Path along the railroad right-of-way within the Town of Acton. If you would like to pickup a copy on CDROM call IT Dept. at 443-8891, x307.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Advisory Committee Presentation – June 15, 2006 Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Environmental & Engineering Presentation June 15, 2006.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Committees Presentation	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Informational Handout Handout prepared by FST for public meeting on June 15, 2006	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Police Chief’s Responses to Questions Related to Public Safety on the Rail Trail On September 12, 2006, the Rail Trail Committee supplied questions to the Sudbury Police Chief, Peter Fadgen regarding Public Safety along the Rail Trails in Sudbury. This document contains the questions and the Police Chief's responses.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Feasibility Study – October 30, 2006 Feasibility Study for a Proposed Extension of the Bruce N. Freeman Memorial Path in Sudbury and Framingham, Cathy Buckley Lewis, Central Transportation Planning Staff, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, October 2006 This study examines the possible conversion of the rail bed from Route 9 in Framingham to the crossing of the Mass. Central rail bed just north of Route 20 in Sudbury. The study looks at the history, geography, road crossings, accident statistics, projected usage, community impacts and estimated costs	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Public Information Meeting/Workshop June 15, 2006 – Summary On June 15, 2006, about 70 people attended a meeting on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Environmental & Engineering Assessment and participated in a workshop session designed to give the community an opportunity to express their thoughts and concerns on the project. The consultant, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, gave a brief presentation on the scope of services they will provide for the Assessment and presented an overview on rail trail corridors. Following the presentation, attendees broke into four workshop groups and discussed six questions. Fay, Spofford & Thorndike compiled the following summary which is intended to outline the comments made by participants attending the June 15 workshop and is not intended to be a transcript.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Fire Chief’s Responses to Questions Related to Public Safety on the Rail Trail On September 12, 2006, the Rail Trail Committee supplied questions to the Sudbury Fire Chief, Kenneth MacLean regarding Public Safety along the Rail Trails in Sudbury. This document contains the questions and the Fire Chief's responses.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Proposed Concord-Sudbury Bikeway [2003] Document summarizes data-gathering and analysis activities performed in support of the proposed Concord-Sudbury Bikeway project, a proposed re-use of an EOTC-owned railroad right-of-way. The section currently being examined extends from Route 2 west of the Concord Rotary in Concord, to Route 20 in Sudbury, a distance of approximately 8 miles.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Lowell-Sudbury Bicycle Path Feasibility Study [1987] The Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS), the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), and the Northern Middlesex Area Commission (NMAC) were commissioned to do a feasibility study to determine whether the railroad right-of-way running from near Route 20 in Sudbury to Route 3 in Lowell could be converted into a bicycle/hiking trail.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Home Sales Near Two Massachusetts Rail Trails Home sales were examined in the seven Massachusetts towns through which the Minuteman Bikeway and Nashua River Rail Trail run. Statistics on list and selling prices and on days on the market were analyzed. There is no statistical analysis of the data, so RTCAC cannot verify the accuracy of these conclusions. Craig Della Penna is a rail trail enthusiast who has been employed by a rail road and by the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy. He is presently employed as a realtor, a speaker on rail trail issues, and the owner of a B&B located immediately adjacent to a rail trail in Massachusetts. In addition, he is involved in two organizations that promote the development of rail trails.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Regional Overview of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail History of the rail trail proposal in other communities along the Bruce Freeman corridor. Submitted July 24, 2008	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Minuteman Commuter Bikeway Published information on the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway (Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford)	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Agricultural Concerns Interviews with Sudbury Farmers whose properties abut the trail Right of Way. Madeleine Gelsinon, interviewer.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Assabet River Rail Trail – Hudson Telephone interview with Michelle Ciccolo, Assistant Town Manager, Hudson on 7/16/07. (Bridget Hanson Interviewer). Further information on maintenance activities appended.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Conservation Questions for Rail Trails A series of interviews conducted with Conservation Officers of Massachusetts towns along the Assabet River Rail Trail, the Nashua River Rail Trail, and the Wachusett Greenway concerning the permitting and the impact of the trail.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee Notebook Descriptions To have the RTCAC work on researching and assembling all the other pieces of information the Board of Selectmen and Town Hall will need for design decisions. RTCAC will develop a notebook with a table of contents that outlines topics areas that require additional data collection.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Committees Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee Action Recommendations Recommendations for further action by the Town of Sudbury by the Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Committees Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Wachusett Greenways Information compiled by Carole Wolfe in the summer of 2008 from presentations by Colleen Abrams, president of Wachusett Greenways, a non-paved rail trail.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail PPIF 2008 Sudbury	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in Sudbury Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee - Timeline (September 23, 2010) History of Sudbury Rail Trail Proposal	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Survey Results Available	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Title Search Letter Sudbury Town Counsel's opinion on the title review regarding the proposed rail trail. This review was requested by Article 22 at Sudbury Annual Town Meeting in 2007.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Proposal to “Bring the Trail to Sudbury” (cover letter) The Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail presented the proposal to "Bring the Trail to Sudbury" June 29, 2011, to the Sudbury Board of Selectmen.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee – Mission Statement Mission statement for the Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee as amended by the Board of Selectmen on September 21, 2011.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Committees Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Proposal to “Bring the Trail to Sudbury” (slides) The Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail presented this proposal to the RTCAC on September 22, 2011	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Proposal to “Bring the Trail to Sudbury” The Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail presented this proposal to the Board of Selectmen on June 29, 2011, and discussed it in a hearing with RTCAC on September 22,2011.	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2006 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2005 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2008 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2007 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2011 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2010 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2009 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail 4 Season Wildlife Study	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Conservation Commission Rail Trail Reports	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee 2012 Annual Report	August 25, 2015 (archived)	Town Report - Committee Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee – Sept 14, 2006 Presentation Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee held a public hearing on September 14, 2006.	August 21, 2015 (archived)	Presentation Rail Trail	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Four Season Wildlife Study RFP	August 11, 2015 (archived)	Rail Trail RFP (Request for Proposal)	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Conservation Questions for Rail Trails – West Boylston Wachusett Greenways Interview with Carolyn Padden, Chair, West Boylston, Conservation Commission on 10/29/07.	May 7, 2008 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Trail Notebook	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Conservation Questions for Rail Trails – Pepperell Nashua River Rail Trail Telephone interview with Ellen Fisher, Conservation Agent, Town of Pepperell. Bridget Hanson Interviewer 10/16/07	May 7, 2008 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Trail Notebook	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Conservation Questions for Rail Trails – Holden Interview with Pam Hardy, Conservation Officer for Holden MA	May 7, 2008 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Trail Notebook	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Conservation Questions for Rail Trails – Rutland Interview with Richard Williams. Richard is previously member of the Rutland Con Com and owner of the Overlook Farm.	May 7, 2008 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Trail Notebook	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Assabet River Rail Trail – Marlborough Interview with Priscilla Ryder, Conservation Officer, Marlborough on 10/15/07.	May 7, 2008 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Trail Notebook	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Regional Overview of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Submitted on January 24, 2008	March 25, 2008 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Trail Notebook	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail – Environmental & Engineering Assessment The goal of this Assessment was to determine the feasibility of developing a rail trail along the corridor in accordance with the MassHighway Project Development & Design Guide (2006). Prepared By: Fay, Spofford & Thorndike LLC in association with Wetlands & Wildlife Inc, December 2006.	December 18, 2006 (archived)	Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Reports	Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee

Rail Trail Agricultural Concerns — Paul Cavicchio
Letter -- February 25, 2008

October 14, 2015 (archived)

Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman