Rail Trail Advisory Committee

Weston's Rail-Trail Advisory Committee voted unanimously to install temporary barriers at the unstabilized Gun Club Lane trail crossing triangle, choosing either snow fencing or boulders depending on DPW guidance.

Weston Rail Trail Advisory Committee approves redesigned trailhead plans at both Concord Road and Church Street.

Weston's Rail Trail Advisory Committee unanimously approved revised design directions for two trailheads at Concord Road and Church Street, with a spring 2019 construction start as the target.

Weston Rail Trail Advisory Committee reviews trailhead redesigns, hears 40B development pitch near trail.

Weston Rail Trail Advisory Committee votes to post temporary signs as unofficial trail use grows.

Weston's Rail Trail Advisory Committee voted unanimously to pursue a DCR partnership grant for trail-edge plantings estimated at $99,600 and to authorize negotiations on an engineering contract for trailheads at Church Street and Concord Road.

Weston's Rail Trail Advisory Committee voted to pursue a $146,000 state matching grant for native buffer plantings and fencing along the town's rail trail corridor.

Weston's Rail Trail Advisory Committee endorsed a new Friends of the Rail Trail nonprofit and authorized a $78,000 DCR matching-grant application that could double screening funds to $156,000.

Weston's Rail Trail Advisory Committee approved fencing of two 1891-era cattle passes and rejected portable toilets for the trail at its April 23 meeting.

Weston's Rail Trail Advisory Committee voted to recommend temporary no-parking restrictions on Conant Road for the duration of active rail trail construction.