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    PIECING TOGETHER AND BUILDING OUT
    THE LONGEST RAIL TRAIL IN NEW ENGLAND

    Rail-w-Trail Information

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    Links to pertinent info on Rec Use Statutes etc in Maine

    https://www.easterntrail.org/history-of-the-eastern-trail/

    https://www.easterntrail.org/laws-regulations/   

    http://www.easterntrail.org/documents/maine_rr_liability.html

     

    Links to pertinent info on Rec Use Statutes in Massachusetts

    https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter21/Section17C

    Letter from MassDOT Secretary Richard Davey about R-w-T

     

     

    Links to a treasure-trove of pertinent info from Rails to Trails Conservancy

    https://www.railstotrails.org/build-trails/trail-building-toolbox/basics/rail-with-trail/

    Mass Central Rail Trail * 104 miles * connecting 26 communities * Boston to Northampton

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