Wayland Portion of Rail Trail to Begin Soon

WAYLAND, MA–The town is set to begin work on a stretch of rail trail that connects Wayland with multiple other towns.

I.S. Harding Company will work on the $400,00 project, with Town Planner Sarkis Sarkasian reporting to the MetroWest Daily News that the town is eager to start the project, part of the Mass. Central Rail Trail.

The trail is a roughly-two mile stretch in town and winds along an old rail beds.

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) drew up a lease with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for 23 miles of former railroad corridor from Berlin to Waltham for "the purpose of designing and developing a multi-use rail trail in partnership with the local municipalities."

The plan is to create a 10-foot wide multi-use path along the corridor, which passes through through Berlin, Hudson, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, Waltham and short sections of Bolton and Stowe.

Find out more about the project on the Wayland Rail Trail Committee's page.

Read the full report in MetroWest Daily News.

Photo via Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs