Mayor William Flanagan hosted a meeting to move forward on plans for construction of a bicycle path and Gateway City park through the Quequechan River Greenway that borders Britland Park, Father Travassos Park and a connection to Brayton Avenue. Kurt Gaertner of the Gateway Cities Parks Program and representatives of the Brown, Richardson & Rowe landscape architects and planners of Boston met with city officials and Department of Conservation and Recreation land acquisition representative Shawn Provenchar on April 26, 2011 at Government Center. Some of the required engineering studies have recently been completed. Following an update on potential bike path segments, the group made plans to meet with representatives of adjacent properties, including the Fall River Housing Authority to continue to move the plan forward. The concept was originally conceived over a decade ago and plans proposed with a concept prepared by Urban River Visions in 2002. This plan was most recently updated in the Open Space and Recreation Plan of 2010-2016. For more information, contact City Planner Jim Hartnett at 508-324-2561.
 

(Top row, left) Landscape architect Nina Brown of Brown, Richardson & Rowe and Gateway Cities Parks Program manager Kurt Gaertner listen to the discussion. (Top row, center) Fall River Mayor William Flanagan encourages the group to move the project forward. (Top row, right) John Hendrickson of FST Engineers, who restored the Cape Cod Rail Trail, suggests some ways the the Quequechan Bike Path could be built as Al Lima listens. (Middle row, left) City Planner Jim Hartnett listens to the presentation by the architects. (Middle row, right) Department of Public Works director Ken Pacheco looks over some documents with Environmental Affairs Officer Elizabeth Dennehy. (Bottom row, left) Al Lima passes some documents to SRPEDD  transportation planner Adam Recchia. (Bottom row, right) City grant writer Jane DiBiasio looks over some of the plans with Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly.