IDHeadlineDateTrailsSegmentsLinksActions
1CPX Announced

May 2014

11
2CPX Opened

July 10, 2023

11
3Conceptual Designs

October 2022

21
4Construction Funded

January 2024

11
5Framingham purchases CSX railway

December 2022

21
625% Design Started

May 2024

11
9Construction Started

April 2024

11
1075% Design Begins

March 2024

10
11Phase 1 Construction Begins

November 2022

11
1225% Design

July 22, 2022

12
13Completed

2010

10
14Construction Begins

2026

11
15Completed

2010

10
16Fitchburg Cutoff Path Opened

August 2013

11
17Phase 2 Construction Begins

February 24, 2025

11
1825% Design Meeting

February 3, 2024

11
19100% Design

February 2025

10
21Purchased by East Quabbin Land Trust

2007

12
22Clinton Tunnel Purchased

June 3, 2024

11
23Construction Authorization

December 4, 2024

11
24Feasibility Study Grant

June 2023

    10
    25Feasability Study Completion

    June 2025

      10
      26Neponset Trail Extension Project completed

      June 2025

      11
      27Conceptual Designs Released

      November 14, 2022

        11
        29Expected start of construction for Phase 3

        2029

        11
        30Ribbon Cutting

        November 19, 2021

          11
          31Construction plans released

          November 2024

          15
          32Introductory Public Presentation

          June 7, 2022

          12
          33Conceptual Design Public Meeting

          November 16, 2022

          11
          34Advanced Design Public Meeting

          June 8, 2023

          12
          35Path opens

          1985

          10
          36Opened

          2024

          10
          38MassTrails Grant for MCRT Design

          June 14, 2023

          11
          39Hudson Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee Report

          January 23, 2023

          21
          40Public Information Meeting #2

          November 4, 2021

          12
          4125% Design Public Hearing

          March 7, 2024

          12
          42Phase 3 Construction Complete

          2022

          10
          4325% Design Presentation

          July 21, 2022

          12
          44MCRT Gibbs Crossing in Ware opens

          September 8, 2023

          11
          45MCRT Gilbertville Fitness Trail opens

          October 25, 2014

          11
          46Completed

          2014

          11
          47Completed

          2023

          11
          48Stone dust trail completed by Town of Wayland

          April 2017

          11
          49Funding for Design + Permitting

          January 10, 2025

          51
          50Phase 1 Complete

          2020

          10
          51Construction to begin on Sudbury-Weston paved connection

          Spring 2028

          21
          52MCRT Ware River Park segment opens

          September 26, 2023

          11
          53Phase 1 Construction Completed

          November 1, 2024

          10
          54Design Grant

          June 2022

          10
          55Funded for Preliminary Design

          June 2024

          11
          56Expected to be substantially complete

          June 30, 2025

          11
          5725% Design of Sudbury-Wayland Submitted

          May 2022

          21
          58Completed

          October 19, 2019

          11
          59Phase 1 Funding

          2020

          10
          60MCRT Expansion Opened

          September 8, 2022

          11
          61Phase 2 Complete

          2022

          10
          62Clinton Purchases Right-of-way

          December 18, 2020

          11
          63Public Forum

          May 18, 2023

          12
          64Information Sessions

          April 15, 2017

          20
          65State Admits Designs Still in Progress

          April 2024

          12
          66Town Meeting Approves Design Funding

          May 15, 2017

          20
          67State Officials Confirm 2024 Construction

          June 2023

          11
          68Design Expected from MassDOT

          2025

          11
          69Applied for Federal RAISE Grant

          July 2021

          11
          70Town-Wide Vote Upholds Funding

          June 29, 2017

          20
          71MassDOT Shares Early Designs

          November 22, 2021

          11
          72RAISE Grant Declined

          November 2021

          10
          73Construction Began

          July 2024

          11
          74Pre-75% Design Meeting + Site Walk

          June 11, 2024

          12
          75Feasability Study

          January 1, 2002

          20
          76Governor Commits to Funding

          October 22, 2021

          11
          77Construction Funding Approved for FY 2026

          May 26, 2022

          10
          78Expected Completion

          Fall 2025

          11
          79Belchertown backs completion of Mass Central Rail Trail

          February 2022

          11
          80Franklin Town Council approves funds to purchase SNETT extension

          December 12, 2024

          11
          81Grant for Design Awarded

          2022

          11
          82Negotiations Ongoing

          2016

          21
          83Project out for Bid

          January 2025

          11
          84Construction Planned

          2023

          11
          85Start of Construction

          Spring 2023

          11
          86Trail Nearly Complete

          Spring 2024

          11
          87Completion Expected

          Fall 2025

          11
          88Construction Expected

          May 2025

          10
          89Right-of-way Aquired

          August 1, 2019

          21
          90Rail Trail Efforts Begin

          2007

          20
          91Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

          September 4, 2024

          11
          92Weston Select Board signs letter in support of Mass Central Rail Trail

          2025

          11
          93Sudbury Town Meeting votes three times in favor of the Mass Central Rail Trail

          2014

          13
          94West Lake Washacum Bridge Replaced

          2022

          11
          95Pommogussett Tunnel Installed

          August 11, 2011

          11
          96Eversource files permits to build gravel road

          2016

          11
          97Stone dust or paved in Sudbury?

          May 11, 2015

          11
          98Massachusetts Passes Climate Law for Clean Energy Transition

          November 21, 2024

          22
          99Weston votes against the Wayside Rail Trail

          December 8, 1997

          113
          100DCR endorses the buried power reliability proposal

          April 2017

          12
          101EFSB approves Sudbury-Hudson buried power reliability project

          December 18, 2019

          10
          102Central Massachusetts Rail Trail Feasibility Study, and formation of Wayside Rail Trail Committee

          April 1997

          111
          103Culvert after Miles Road built

          May 23, 2024

          11
          104Weston works on Conant Road feasibility study

          2017

          11
          105DCR leases the Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside

          December 30, 2010

          111
          106Charnock Tunnel Installed

          August 21, 2006

          11
          107Bruce Freeman advocates for the "Lowell-Sudbury Rail Trail"

          June 1985

          91
          108Golden Spike 2002

          2002

          11
          109Eversource buried power reliability project proposed

          2015

          11
          110Ware River Bridge Installed

          March 2013

          11
          111Construction survives lawsuits 2017-2023

          July 2023

          11
          112Alewife Brook Greenway opens

          October 2012

          11
          113BFRT Phase 2A Opens

          April 3, 2018

          10
          114BFRT Phase 2C Opens

          September 27, 2019

          10
          115BFRT Phase 2B Opens

          May 2023

          10
          116BFRT Phase 1 Opens

          August 29, 2009

          10
          117Sudbury votes to purchase CSX land

          April 8, 2008

          11
          118Sudbury votes for design and construction of Phase 3

          March 26, 2024

          11
          119Sudbury votes for partial 75% design of Phase 2D

          May 4, 2016

          11
          1204 Positive Sudbury Town Meeting Votes

          March 22, 2022

          24
          121Sudbury votes for two resolutions for Phase 2D

          May 8, 2012

          12
          122Sudbury votes for design of Phase 2D

          March 7, 2017

          11
          123Sudbury Ballot Overwhelming Yes

          March 26, 2012

          11
          124Sudbury votes to Expedite Completion of Phase 2D

          September 12, 2020

          11
          125Sudbury votes for preliminary design of Phase 3

          March 16, 2023

          11
          126Sudbury votes for design of Phase 2D, again

          October 15, 2018

          11
          127Sudbury votes to use Community Preservation Funds for design

          May 7, 2014

          11
          128Trail built, becomes Shining Sea Bikeway

          1975

          11
          129Massachusetts passes rail trail protection laws in response to controversy

          September 1973

          13
          130Shining Sea Bikeway built to North Falmouth

          2009

          11
          131Falmouth wins at Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

          June 21, 1973

          12
          132Falmouth votes to take the railroad by Eminent Domain

          April 2, 1969

          11
          133First proposal to abandon NH Railroad, Falmouth trail first proposed

          1965

          11
          134Private sale of Falmouth ROW announced

          April 3, 1969

          11
          135Additional builds of the Shining Sea Bikeway

          1998

          11
          136CSX Derailment South of Route 20 in Sudbury

          2000

          31
          137Sudbury begins Bruce Freeman Rail Trail planning

          2004

          11
          138MBTA Central Mass Commuter Rail Feasibility Study

          December 1996

          111
          139Sudbury votes for Question 3: CSX Purchase

          November 3, 2020

          12
          140Bruce Freeman Bike Path becomes Massachusetts law

          April 1989

          81
          141"Sudbury Citizens for Responsible Land Stewardship" forms

          2004

          21
          142Stow endorses power reliability project and MCRT

          June 7, 2017

          11
          143Hudson endorses completion of the Mass Central Rail Trail

          January 2025

          31
          144Waltham funds construction of 2.75 miles of the MCRT-Wayside

          2022

          21
          145ARRT in Hudson built

          September 24, 2005

          21
          146Start of the Assabet River Rail Trail

          1992

          41
          147Recreational easement for ARRT Track Road established

          July 27, 2009

          11
          148First ARRT section in Marlborough completed

          May 17, 2001

          11
          149Acton and Maynard section opens

          August 10, 2018

          11
          150Pave Track Road in design phase

          2021

          12
          151ARRT Feasibility Study and positive vote in all Five towns

          1997

          41
          152Congress Approves Redirecting Highway Funding to Transit

          1973

          10
          153Path First Proposed

          2011

          12
          154Construction Expected to Begin

          2025

          10
          155MassTrails Grant

          June 2023

          11
          156Trail Extended into NH

          2005

          10
          157Passenger Rail Service Discontinued

          1977

          10
          158Construction Begins

          2013

          10
          159Southwest Corridor Park Action Plan

          June 2024

          12
          160Trail is Paved

          2002

          10
          161Right-of-Way Purchased

          1987

          10
          162Opening Ceremony

          September 15, 2016

          11
          163Construction Delayed

          2014

          11
          164End of Freight Service

          1982

          10
          1651950s-1960s: Highway Planned & Protested

          1960

          10
          166Newton Takes Over Construction

          Fall 2015

          11
          167New Orange Line Route Opens & Some Park Segments Complete

          1987

          10
          168Arlington–Lexington Section Opens

          September 1992

          10
          169Ribbon Cutting

          May 5, 1990

          10
          170Alewife Extension Opened

          1998

          10
          171Construction Begins

          1979

          10
          172Lexington–Bedford Section Opens

          May 1993

          10
          173Official Opening

          October 25, 2002

          10
          174Highway Project Cancelled

          1969

          10
          175Freight Rail Service Discontinued

          1981

          10
          176Construction Begins

          1991

          10
          177100% Design Submitted

          January 5, 2024

          10
          178Sudbury endorses completion of the Mass Central Rail Trail

          March 25, 2025

          11
          179Clinton Select Board authorized Engineering Contract Award for Clinton Phase 1

          April 16, 2025

          11
          180447 Berlin Street acquired for MCRT

          November 3, 2023

          11
          181Reconstruction of Wilkins Street Parking Lot

          April 28, 2025

          11
          182Estimated completion though Lynn

          November 2026

          11
          183Estimated construction of Georgetown-Newbury Border to Boston

          Summer 2028

          11
          184Battle Road Trail Improvements Complete

          December 24, 2024

          11
          185CANCELLED: Public Meeting for Mystic River Bridge

          May 12, 2025

          11
          186Estimated construction of Georgetown-Boxford Border to Boston Trail

          Spring 2027

          11
          187Shining Sea Bikeway receives Eversource improvements

          May 4, 2025

          11
          188Upper Falls Greenway Splash Park Opens

          Summer 2025

          11
          189Draw 7 Construction Begins

          April 29, 2025

          11
          190DCR Celebrates Completion of Blackstone Section of the Southern New England Trunkline Trail

          November 22, 2024

          11
          191Grant awarded for design of Redstone Rail Trail Phase 2

          July 17, 2024

          11
          192Redstone Rail Trail ribbon-cutting ceremony

          September 9, 2010

          11
          193Rail Trails Advisory Committee Update

          May 21, 2025

          11
          19475% Design Public Meeting

          February 22, 2024

            01
            195Site selection process for Andover accessible trail begins

            Fall 2015

            21
            196Haggetts Pond Rail Trail Phase 1 Construction Begins

            May 2025

            11
            197Estimated completion of Mystic River Bridge

            Fall 2029

            11
            198Andover Awarded MassTrails Grant for Construction of Phase 1 Haggetts Pond Rail Trail

            June 21, 2023

            11
            199Andover Conservation Commission unanimously approves Phase 1 Haggetts Pond Rail Trail

            October 15, 2024

            11
            200MassDOT Safe for Public Use

            June 15, 2025

            11
            201Commission on Disability voiced concern that Andover continued to be out of compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act

            2022

            20
            202Haggetts Pond Rail Trail selected for accessible trail

            2016

            21
            203Accessible trail listed in Andover's Master Plan

            2012

            11
            204Grand Trunk Trail improved

            June 2025

            11
            205Sandwich Shared Use Path opens

            July 2025

            10
            206Public Meeting for Mystic River Bridge

            June 24, 2025

            11
            207Estimated start of construction of Mystic River Bridge

            Fall 2026

            11
            208Institute for Human Centered Design creates design guide for Haggetts Pond Rail Trail

            January 2017

            21
            209Andover Special Town Meeting vote rejects effort to halt or curtail Haggetts Pond Rail Trail Project

            March 11, 2024

            11
            210Andover wins lawsuit to construct Phase 1 accessible trail

            May 23, 2025

            10
            211Project earmarks federal funding via MassDOT

            October 2023

            11
            212City initiated feasibility study

            Spring 2021

            11
            213Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design

            July 2021

            11
            214Bridge originally constructed

            1959

            11
            215MassTrails Grant: Manhan Rail Trail Pavement Preservation

            June 2024

            11
            216Bruce Freeman Bike Path Massachusetts Law includes Lowell Connector

            April 1989

              11
              217Washington Street Subregional Priority Roadway Study in Newton

              2015

                11
                218Construction begins

                September 8, 2023

                11
                219West Newton Village Area Plan

                2011

                  11
                  220Washington Street Vision Plan adopted

                  December 16, 2019

                    11
                    221Washington Street Pilot design begins

                    July 2023

                      11
                      222Lowell Connector Trail built

                      2024

                        11
                        223Washington Street Pilot construction begins

                        Spring 2025

                          10
                          224Expected completion June 2025

                          June 2025

                          11