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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Concord Selectmen Mull Entry Point for Freeman Rail Trail

Concord is working with Acton on the project.

Concord Selectmen addressed the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail and the status of bringing it through West Concord during an abbreviated meeting Monday night.  Concord Town Manager Chris Whelan related that Town of Acton Planning Director Roland Bartl recently negotiated a Right of Entry Agreement with MassDOT’s Rail Division. The agreement allows Acton to continue the next step in the plan to connect the existing trail. Whelan asked Concord officials to sign off on their portion of the deal. Concord Selectmen signatures were required to negotiate with the state over where to place the trail and which pieces of existing land would have to be modified. “I asked the state for permission for right of entry and the state said that it would first need…

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