| Newton MA News and Politics BlogI wrote a post recently called Stitching Walking Trails Together.That post was about stairs that will soon be built to connect the Upper Falls Greenway to the Charles River Pathway.  It was also about how each connection between existing trails makes all the trails more valuable to the public.

This week there was some encouraging news about another significant piece of the walking trails puzzle.

Thanks to a MassTrails grant, Newton and Needham have together launched a feasibility study to look at plans for restoration of the Christina St bridge in Upper Falls.

The Christina St Bridge is an old disused railroad bridge that crosses the Charles River, and connects Newton and Needham.  On the Needham side of the river, the bridge connects to the DCR’s  Blue Heron Trail which runs for miles along the river, through Cutler Park and beyond.   On the Newton side there is the potential to eventually connect to the Upper Falls Greenway.

Here’s a 2 1/2 min video that describes the project.

Here’s a survey soliciting the public’s interests in the project.  If you have any interest in the project I urge you to take the brief survey and give your input.

Once they’ve got public feedback, they will organize a pubic meeting sometime in April to present more details.