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Mass
in Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly invited Senator
Michael Rodrigues to tour the the new Alfred
J. Lima Quequechan River Trail on September 12, 2016. "I've seen
so many beautiful pictures," commented the Senator, "but this is
my first actual look," said the Senator who played a major role in
securing the funding for the construction of the Trail. Named for local historian and
planner Alfred J. Lima, the Trail 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. Senator Rodriques walked with Kelly and Stanley Street Treatment
and Resources Prevention Coordinator Eric Andrade from the Britland Park
entrance to the Rodman Street entrance and then to Quequechan Street and back. Click
here for a 12-minute |
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(Top row) Senator Rodrigues joins Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly as they start out from the parking lot at Britland Park at the end of Wordell Street. (Row two) Senator Rodrigues greets longtime friends Tom and Arlene Greenhaugh as they walk along the Trail. (Row three) At the Rodman Street entrance, Senator Rodrigues talks about how the plans developed for the Trail over the years. (Bottom two rows) Senator Rodrigues talks with Ms. Kelly and Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Prevention Coordinator Eric Andrade as they complete the tour, sighting a cormorant, turtles sunning themselves and an egret stalking the waters that are part of the abundance of plants and wildlife on the Trail. |