Rail trail planning in the Berkshires

I’m originally from Berkshire County (MA), so I’m always interested in news from my home county, which is right across the border from New York. This was in the Berkshire Eagle this morning:

A step forward for the rail trail
By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff
Tuesday, July 08

LENOX — The Berkshires’ top planning group says a segment of the proposed countywide bicycle trail in Lenox has been endorsed by the Berkshire Metropolitan Planning Organization — a move that could pave the way for the $1.2 million needed to build it.

The Berkshire Metropolitan Planning Organization — a group of state and local officials which reviews the merits of various county projects for federal funding — is expected to give the project final approval at its July 16 meeting, according to the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, or BRPC.

Christine Neumann, a BRPC transportation planner, said the $1.2 million will be included in the county’s Transportation Improvement Program funding request for fiscal 2009. The federal fiscal year begins in October.

You can read the rest of the article and watch a video of Rail-Trail usage.

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