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Walpole Trail Committee Agenda – 3/10/26
Walpole Trail Committee Agenda
for March 11, 7 pm, Town Hall
Everyone Welcome
– Approval of previous meeting minutes
– Recording secretary position open
– Two new member positions open
– HOT (Help Our Trails) day plans
– Trail reports
-Rail trail section adopters
– Brush hogging rail trail
– Rail trail detour signs
– Thoughts for April meet
– Open discussion
Reminder: Rail Trail Maintenance Event
REMINDER: RAIL TRAIL MAINTENANCE EVENT
Saturday, 11/8/25, 9 am – 12 pm
There is still time to sign up for the fall trail work event this coming Saturday morning on the Cheshire Rail Trail. The Walpole Trail Committee needs volunteers for digging, raking and similar tasks to maintain culverts, drainage ditches, and water bars along our town’s section of rail trail.
Last fall’s similar rail trail maintenance work was clearly worthwhile. It helped the drainage features function through the winter and enabled the trail to emerge much drier in the spring.
The 2025 fall Rail Trail maintenance event will begin at 9 am on Saturday, November 8. Volunteers will meet at various designated locations along the rail trail and work in small teams until about noon. Advance registration is required. Please try to sign up by November 5 so that we have time to allocate volunteers to groups, locations, and projects. Late this week, we will email everyone who has signed up the details about what projects we’ll tackle, where to meet, and what to bring.
To sign up or to get more information, please send an email to Wendy Grossman at walpoletrailhelpers@gmail.com. Please join us at the Walpole Trail Committee’s Fall Rail Trail Maintenance Event on Saturday, November 8!
Fall Rail Trail Maintenance Event – 11/8/25
FALL RAIL TRAIL MAINTENANCE EVENT
Saturday, 11/8/25, 9 am – 12 pm
The Walpole Trail Committee needs volunteers to give Walpole’s section of the Cheshire Rail Trail a drainage system tune-up. On Saturday, November 8, at 9 am, we are holding a trail work event to perform maintenance on culverts, drainage ditches, and water bars along the rail trail. The trail work will involve digging, raking and similar tasks to clear out silt and debris.
Our goal is to ensure that water flows smoothly in the drainage system through the winter and that the trail emerges relatively dry in the spring. Everyone who uses the rail trail in Walpole will benefit.
Please sign up for this rail trail work event by November 5 so that we can allocate the available volunteer workers to priority projects. We will send out details about where to meet, what tools to bring and what projects will be tackled shortly before the November 8 event.
To sign up or to get more information, please send an email to Wendy Grossman at walpoletrailhelpers@gmail.com. Advance sign-up is required.
Please join us at the Walpole Trail Committee’s Fall Rail Trail Maintenance Event on Saturday, November 8!
Rail Trail Reopened
From Wendy Grossman:
The New Hampshire Bureau of Trails has completed its bridge repairs on the northern portion of the Cheshire Rail Trail in Walpole. The trail, which had been closed in this area during repairs, has been reopened.
The bridge near Malnati Farm now has a completely new, bicycle-friendly deck. At the bridge nearest to the Boat Launch, some of the gaps between deck planks have been filled to make the bridge surface more level. The repairs at both bridges should improve the safety and enjoyment of Walpole’s rail trail for users, especially bicyclists.
Many thanks to the New Hampshire Bureau of Trails.
Wendy Grossman
Chair, Walpole Trail Committee
Rail Trail Bridge Repairs Begin Today – 9/11/25
From Wendy Grossman:
RAIL TRAIL BRIDGE REPAIRS
Beginning today, the New Hampshire Bureau of Trails will be making bridge repairs on the northern portion of the Cheshire Rail Trail in Walpole. During repairs, the rail trail will be closed from the Boat Launch/WMA area to just north of the rail trail bridge at Malnati Farm. Please heed any signs and follow any instructions from the repair personnel. It is hoped that the bridge repairs will be completed by the end of next week (9/20).
The Bureau of Trails deserves our appreciation for this work to improve the safety and usability of Walpole’s rail trail.
Wendy Grossman
Chair, Walpole Trail Committee
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