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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Representative Carole Fiola invited Fall River residents to join her
on August 23, 2016 for one of her Walk and Talk events, this time at the new Alfred
J. Lima Quequechan River Trail. The Trail was named for local historian and
planner Alfred J. Lima. and follows a plan for a Quequechan
River Greenway, drawn up by Lima, that includes improvements to Britland Park. Plans were first
presented in April, 2011 and reviewed in 2012 along with other efforts to make
Fall River more bicycle-friendly. The project created a ten foot wide paved surface with three foot grass
shoulders that runs over a former railroad bed and five timber bridges
to connect with Britland Park and Rodman Street and eventually the
existing path that begins at the Westport Town line along South Watuppa Pond.
The
project was funded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
and by the Gateway
City Park Program of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
Affairs. Rep. Fiola led the group from the Rodman Street entrance and
walked to Quequechan Street and back. Click
here for a 12-minute |
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(Top row) Representative Fiola greets City residents, including Augie Gastall and Pat Abdallah, right, before the walk begins at the Rodman Street entrance. (Rows two and three) Beverly Andrade and Augie Gastall look over the map of the Trail with Carole before walking on the path to the other side of Route 195 on the first of six foot bridges. (Row four) Carole stops to point out the people who have been volunteering to keep the Trail clean. (Row five) The group continues to the sign next to a section of rail from the original railroad that ran along the path to supply many of the City's textile mills in the 19th Century, many of which still stand along the River. (Bottom row) Rep. Fiola points out the abundance of plants and wildlife that makes their home on the River, including many birds, turtles and muskrats. . |