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WHO ARE WE?
We are citizens working towards creating a safe trail for everyone to enjoy.
We feel that having a safe place for our children to exercise, play,
roller blade, learn to ride a bike, or even walk, will provide a real benefit to our community.
We see this becoming a community asset and resource whereby pedestrians and bicyclist can freely use this trail to exercise, connect to the library, recreation center, school, ball parks and shopping centers.
 Another benefit would be having a well built trail so our senior citizens will have a safe place to use their wheelchairs, electric scooters or just a place to stroll to the library or shopping centers, as they enjoy the outdoors.
We can have a walkable, healthy community that will increase the quality of life, enhance outdoor recreation and improve the protection of this environmentally sensitive corridor.
(photo courtesy of bikepedinfo.org / Laura Sandt)
The rail trail has been added to the Seabrook Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and
the summary of Master Plan recommendations.
This CIP form is a Project Summary Priority List.
(Click on CIP to see the complete document.)
 The summary of Master Planrecomendations for Seabrook.Dated 1/3/2001(Click on it to see complete document) | |
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There are 2 local trails that are great examples of the type of trails we can have.
I encourage you to visit these places.
This trail in Salisbury is called the Salisbury Point Ghost Trail. It has a plaque describing the reason it is called that.
(Don't worry, it's not haunted!).
This trail is hard packed stone dust, and good for most all users. This trail was built with lots of volunteer work, and the cost per mile was kept down.
Photo by Bob Straubel - Salisbury Coastal Trails
The other trail is the Pow Wow Riverwalk in Amesbury
MA, also part of the Coastal Trail Network. This is a paved 1.3 mile trail that will accommodate wheelchairs, in-line skates and handicap scooters.
It begins at the Carriagetown Marketplace (Stop & Shop) on Route 11o. It runs all the way to downtown ending at the parking garage on Water Street.
The trail head is right behind Acapulco's Mexican Restaurant (park between the restaurant and McDonalds).
(photo by Rails to Trails Conservancy )
Both these trails will eventually connect with each other, then to the Eastern RR Corridor and then ultimately connect with Seabrook.
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If you believe this would be good for Seabrook, then please join us to help this project become a
reality.
Now is the time to do this!
We are looking to rally Seabrooks' residents time and ideas, as well as
public and private investment, to make this trail a reality.
This development could potentially make
our side roads increasingly dangerous, leaving our children
without a safe place to walk or ride their bikes, to the library, recreation center or sports fields.
How Can You Help?
We need citizens who can help in various capacities, including, but not limited to: secretarial duties, folding brochures, organizing fundraisers and other events, or contacting individuals, businesses and other organizations in town to let them know about the projects and ask if they would be willing to help with volunteer time, in-kind assistance or funding support.
We could also use website and graphic design skills, help establishing a Non-Profit status and a spokesperson to meet with local and state politicians.
If you don't have time to help, please contact our local elected officials to let them know you support this trail and spread the word about this project to your friends, neighbors & peers!
(Amesbury Riverwalk photo by Danvers bi-ped)
If we don't have enough interest, this project WILL fall by the wayside...
Right now we have the support of several partners that will be doing a considerable amount of work, such as technical writing and design, submitting grant proposals, identifying potential funding sources and communicating with NH DOT, NH DRED and other state & federal agencies. If we don't act now we may lose this resource!
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