Londonderry Trailways Keeping Busy

Londonderry Trailways provided the Town Council with an update last week on its efforts in recent months.

"We were able to come to agreement with the State Bureau of Rail and an independent contractor called Iron Horse to remove the rails from the North Londonderry section," said Bob Saur, president of Londonderry Trailways. "It was a sticking point because the state owned the rails."

At no cost to the town, the rails were pulled up for salvage. A portion of the rail will be left in place, and the Londonderry Historical Society will get the switch stand and a piece of track, if it wants it, set up at the historical society at no cost.

Saur said Londonderry Trailways has also been awarded a $6,383 Recreational Trails Program grant, that it will match with 35 percent funds for a $10,000 project to rejuvenate the town center trails, specifically the Londonderry Athletic Fields Association (LAFA) fields down to King Charles Drive, the Adams Pond Trail and a proposed trail running from the common back to the Orchard Trail.

"The significant thing about this is this is opportunity to put surfacing on those trails to make them senior and stroller friendly," Saur said. "It will be a packed gravel, crushed stone surface."

Saur also told the council that Londonderry Trailways volunteers completed another 2-1/2 miles of trails last weekend in the Musquash Conservation Area.

Voters at last month's Town Meeting approved spending .