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2021 NHRTC Conference

By October 24, 2021 No Comments
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AGENDA:

8:57 Video

9:00  Welcome

9:05  Awards for NH Legislature Trail Champions:  Senator Jay Kahn and Representative Linda Gould.  Presented by Chuck Redfern, NHRTC Board.

9:20  Extension of the Norther Rail Trail using City of Concord and Private Funds; Progress on Boscawen and Concord extensions.  How were the NH Right of First Refusal and Governor’s Council handled?  What can Friends Groups do in the future to aid such negotiations?+ Q&A.   Patrick Herlihy Director Aeronatics, Rail and Transit, NHDOT.

10:00  RTP Grants (Recreational Trail Program);  Overview of the RTP program and process, types and size of projects, Friends groups may be.  Alexis Rudko, RTP Coordinator, NHBOT.

10:25  Other Federal Grant Opportunities:  TAP, CMAQ + Q&A; Dave Topham, President NHRTC.

10:45  Granite State Rail Trail: Closing the Gap;  Proposal to use “Rail with Trail” to connect Concord and Manchester.  Jason Soukup, Manchester Moves.

11:15  Granite State Rail Trail, Manchester Airport Section; How to get around the Manchester Airport.  Greg Bakos, VHB Engineering.

12:00 Break

12:57  Rail Trail Video

1:00  The Granite State Explores NH’s Rail Trails;  Ellen Kolb describes the joys of a slow pace on rail trails.  Ellen Kolb, NHRTC Board.

1:10  Multi-State Trails; Possible multi-state trail connections from New Hampshire + Q&A.  Tom Sexton, Rails to Trails Conservancy.

1:45    New Hampshire Seacoast Greenway, NH’s section of the East Coast Greenway; Plans for the NH section of the East Coast Greenway after the acquisition of the corridor to Portsmouth +  Q&A.  Scott Bogle, Rockingham Planning Commission.

2:20  Cheshire County Projects; Updating the ongoing efforts in southwest NH + Q&A.    Mike Kowalczyk, NHRTC Board.

2:55  Rail Trails Plan Update + Q&A.  Dave Topham, NHRTC President.

3:15  The NH Rail Trails Challenge: Update and 3-minute video.  Paula Bedard, BWANH President and Marianne Borowski, NHRTC Board.