On Tuesday, May 9th the Swampscott Finance Committee, the committee charged with advising Town Meeting on the financial impacts of all town meeting articles, voted to support passage of Article 18 (creation of the Rail Trail). On Monday, May 8th the Swampscott Capital Improvement Committee similarly voted to support passage of Article 18. To date the […]
On May 15, Town Meeting will vote on an article to fund the engineering and design of a public recreational trail including the acquisition of easement rights for the trail. We believe that development of this trail is a wise investment and a wonderful addition for Swampscott, providing long-term benefits to the town. The development […]
Published April 25th, 2017, Swampscott Reporter online. Rail trail is ‘a wonderful opportunity’, Lou Merino, Plymouth Ave., Swampscott I am writing in support of the Swampscott rail trail. We have a wonderful opportunity right here in front of us to repurpose this land that has been sitting dormant for nearly half a century. As a […]
Sean Fitzgerald Town Administrator Town of Swampscott Dear Mr. Fitzgerald, The Planning Board met on May 8 to review and discuss the 2017 Annual Town Meeting warrant article relating to the proposed rail trail. Board members had attended the previous informational meetings regarding the project and the warrant article request. Based on the information provided […]
Sean Fitzgerald Town Administrator Town of Swampscott Dear Mr. Fitzgerald, On behalf of the Swampscott Open Space & Recreation Plan Committee, I am writing to express our strong support for the Swampscott Rail Trail and the warrant articles to fund (either through bonding or by using Town’s free cash reserves) the design and engineering of […]
Thank you to everyone that was able to attend the second informational meeting on May 2 about the Swampscott Rail Trail project and the upcoming Town Meeting vote. Based on comments and questions at the April 14th Informational Meeting, the presentation slides were updated with more information. You can view the presentation slides from the […]
On Monday April 24, representatives of the Town provided a presentation to members of the Swampscott Finance Committee and Capital Improvement Committee during a joint meeting of the committees. Thank you to both committees and general public attendees for this discussion opportunity to learn more about the Swampscott Rail Trail project and specifically on the […]
Thank you to everyone that was able to attend the informational meeting on April 13 about the Swampscott Rail Trail project and the upcoming Town Meeting vote. If you weren’t able to attend, the Town will hold a second informational meeting on May 2 at 7:00pm in the Swampscott High School Room B129. You can […]
