MethuenRailTrail

I was tooling around yesterday getting some hopefully usable video footage of all the neighboring rail trails and I got to watch some of the finishing touches being put on Manchester Street Park in Lawrence. This 5 acre parcel is anchor to the Spicket Greenway project from Groundworks Lawrence.The Spicket Greenway extends along the banks of the river THROUGH the city of Lawrence. The the conceptual plans for this four million dollar project, include a bike path paralleling the river. This river walkway conveniently lies at the southern end of the Methuen Rail Trail. Seeing as how we now have places to GO once we get the trail completed we really have no excuse now not to throw some more coals in the furnace.

Tags: Groundworks Lawrence, Lawrence, Manchester Street Park, Spicket River Greenway

Groundworks Lawrence has been working to open up Lawrence’s greenspaces and link them by reclaiming the banks of the Spicket River. They expect to complete this lovely green necklace in the fall of 2009 with a park at Stevens Pond, adjacent to the Malden Mills/Polartec facility. This of course is conveniently where the southern end of the Methuen rail right of way begins. Methuen’s Rail Trail would link the New Hampshire trails to Lawrence’s greenway, and hopefully across the river to points south.

Tags: Area Trails, Lawrence, Spicket River Greenway