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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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Bicycle Trail and
Greenspace Development |
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Green Futures and the Urban Ecology Institute have developed plans for a Quequechan Valley Bicycle Trail, Greenspace links and corridors and "daylighting" the Quequechan River Falls next to Route 195. The plan is to connect with pathways heading north and south along the Taunton River/Mount Hope Bay railroad tracks to create an urban river preserve through the center of the City along the Quequechan River. An Art Exhibit and Quequechan River Festival are held each year to promote awareness. |
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| Priority Area: | Community Planning and Housing |
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5, C) Improvements in recreation facilities
for youth and adults |
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Goal: |
To create bicycle and walking paths throughout the City that will stimulate walking and other forms of exercise, as well as healthy transportation to and from work and other places. |
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Method(s): |
1) The City will build the bicycle with state and federal gas tax funds as an enhancement project. 2) The urban river preserve has already begun with Britland, Travassos and other parkland along the Quequechan River.. |
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1) Phase one of the bicycle path from South Watuppa to Brayton Avenue is scheduled to go out to bid in September 2004. 2) Surveying and assessment of additional areas along the River will continue in the summer of 2004. 3) Daylighting of the falls is a long-term project, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer is scheduled to begin feasibility studies in 2004. |
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Project completion |
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| Progress: | The Quequechan River initiative continues to move forward with its plans to create a bicycle trail and greenspace along the Quequechan River. The Fall River Conservation Commission has received the notice of intent to construct a bicycle path from Brayton Avenue to the Westport line. A second annual Quequechan River Festival is planned for the fall of 2005 and an organizer has been hired to work on plans with neighborhood residents. | |
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How citizens can get involved: |
Contact Rev. James Hornsby, 508-672-6607 |
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| Contact Information: |
Call Green Futures at 508-673-9304 or at www.greenfutures.org |
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