Complete Connectivity of the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT)
The MCRT has been a vision for more than two decades: to create a 104-mile multi-use trail connecting Boston and Northampton. From the first Golden Spike ceremony held in West Boylston in 1999 to the most recent construction underway of the Waltham Wayside Trail, numerous segments of the MCRT are now being used by thousands of bicyclists and pedestrians daily.
Belmont’s Linear Path and Park
The essence of the Belmont Community Path is to create a designated space for non‐motorized, multi‐use path activity along an alignment that meets the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines for access and use. The path limits extend over two miles from the border with Waltham to the border with Cambridge, running adjacent or in close proximity to the active Fitchburg commuter rail line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). After 20 years of independently pursuing a multi‐use path, the Town of Belmont engaged the Pare Team to conduct a formal feasibility study in 2017 aimed at identifying a recommended route for the path to move forward to design and construction. While many potential routes advanced from efforts of the antecedent Community Path Advisory Committee (CPAC), additional routes were examined as part of the feasibility study. And in December 2017, the Town Select Board voted unanimously to approve the recommendations of the Feasibility Study.
Phase 1 of the Belmont Community Path will connect from the Fitchburg Cutoff Path to the Clark Street Pedestrian Bridge . Learn more about the Phase One project here.
Phase 2 of the Belmont Community Path will connect from the Clark Street Pedestrian Bridge to the Waltham city line with a linear trail and park.
