{"id":61,"date":"2007-03-29T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/railtrail\/blog\/faq\/13-what-agreements-with-the-executive-office-of-transportation-eot-would-be-required-to-convert-the-state-owned-section-to-a-rail-trail\/"},"modified":"2007-03-29T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T17:54:00","slug":"13-what-agreements-with-the-executive-office-of-transportation-eot-would-be-required-to-convert-the-state-owned-section-to-a-rail-trail","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/railtrail\/faq\/13-what-agreements-with-the-executive-office-of-transportation-eot-would-be-required-to-convert-the-state-owned-section-to-a-rail-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"13 &#8211; What agreements with the Executive Office of Transportation EOT would be required to convert the state-owned section to a rail trail?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><FONT size=2><br \/>\n<P>EOTPW will lease the rail bed to the Town at no cost for transportation purposes. A rail trail is considered a transportation use of the rail bed. Rail trail design must be well underway before EOTPW would consider a lease. Currently, EOTPW has indicated to Acton that the 75% or 100% design must have been completed by the Town to demonstrate local commitment before a lease could be negotiated. The lease would likely require that EOTPW be relieved of any liability for environmental contamination. A mechanism has been set up by which the Town can insure itself against environmental liability. The lease could allow the Town to remove the rails and sell them; however, EOTPW retains the rights to remove or use the rails itself until a lease is formalized.<\/P><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EOTPW will lease the rail bed to the Town at no cost for transportation purposes. A rail trail is considered a transportation use of the rail bed. Rail trail design must be well underway before &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/railtrail\/faq\/13-what-agreements-with-the-executive-office-of-transportation-eot-would-be-required-to-convert-the-state-owned-section-to-a-rail-trail\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about 13 &#8211; What agreements with the Executive Office of Transportation EOT would be required to convert the state-owned section to a rail trail?\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/railtrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/railtrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/railtrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/railtrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}