Rail Trail Project Would Run from Wakefield through Lynnfield

WAKEFIELD, MA - An informational meeting on a proposed rail trail project through Wakefield and Lynnfield is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 13.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Galvin Middle School cafeteria. The middle school is located at 525 Main Street in Wakefield.

This is the second informational meeting to discuss the proposed 4.35-mile rail trail project from Main Street at Bennett Street intersection in Wakefield through Lynnfield to the Peabody city line.

The meeting will provide an opportunity to review preliminary plans forum, offer input, ask questions and express views and opinions for consideration as the project advances.

The proposed project includes a multi-use trail utilizing an existing abandoned rail bed leased from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) beginning in Wakefield in the vicinity of Main Street at the Bennett Street intersection and extending northerly to the Lynnfield town line, a distance of approximately 9,600 linear feet and then continuing in Lynnfield extending northerly to the Peabody city line an additional distance of approximately 13,354 linear feet for a total project length of approximately 22,954 linear feet (4.35 miles). The project shall potentially include bikeway construction, access points at selected locations, parking areas, safety improvements at roadway crossings, new signs and pavement markings, and pedestrian and landscape enhancements.