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Town Hall meetings in Pittsfield and in Lenox provided an opportunity to get bike paths on the agenda for Department of Transportation and the Regional Master Plan. At the public meeting at the DCR headquarters, Marge finally had the opportunity to request that Secretary Sullivan encourage his department heads to actively pursue the purchase of the Housatonic Rail bed from Lanesboro to Merrill Road.
Our presence at these meeting is important. The Jan 31 meeting is an opportunity to witness the decision making process for the $2.3 million allocation. Do consider attending.
MPO MEETS TO DECIDE FUNDING ALLOCATION
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:00 PM
The Metropolitan Planning Organization will review the proposals submitted by Adams/North Adams and Pittsfield to determine who will receive the available transportation funding. The public is encourage to attend.
Complete Street Workshop
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) and Be Well Berkshires (Mass in Motion) will be hosting a Complete Streets Workshop on January 24, 2012 at the BRPC Office in Pittsfield. The workshop will examine how road design can best serve all users. It will begin at 4:00 PM and is expected to last three (3) hours. The workshop is being offered through the Baystate Roads Program and light dinner fare will be provided by BRPC.
The maximum number of attendees for this workshop is thirty (30), so please register early. For more details and to register please go to: http://baystateroads.eot.state.ma.us/
Contact: Brian Domina (413) 442-1521 ext. 14 or bdomina@berkshireplanning.org Western New England Greenway Conference Summary
On Saturday, November 19, 2011 a group of 24 bike and planning enthusiasts gathered at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont to discuss the merits and challenges of establishing a "multi-segment, multi-state" greenway that would link NYC and Montreal. The corridor being pursued largely follows Route 7 through the very western portions of CT, MA and VT. It would link with the East Coast Greenway at the Merritt Parkway near Norwalk, CT at the Southern terminus, and with Quebec's Route Verte at the Northern terminus (at the Canadian border). After a variety of speakers honed in on their specific bike visions and trails, the group discussed the next steps for the initiative. In the end there was consensus that the Trails & Greenways Committee of the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area will continue to move forward to draft a mission statement and develop a "Ride-It-Now" map in the coming months.
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