Merrymeeting Trail Initiative

Merrymeeting

Trail Initiative

  Our goal is to create a regional trail from Topsham through Bowdoinham and Richmond to Gardiner, which connects: the Androscoggin River Pedestrian Bike Path in Topsham, the Village Area in Bowdoinham, the Village Area in Richmond, and the Kennebec River Rail Trail in Gardiner.

The creation of this trail would connect two existing regional trails, the Androscoggin River Pedestrian Bike Path in Topsham and the Kennebec River Rail Trail in Gardiner, which would serve to connect the cities of Brunswick and Augusta.  By connecting with these existing regional trails the Merrymeeting Trail would connect to the East Coast Greenway on either end. The East Coast Greenway is a national trail that connects existing and planned trails, in a continuous, safe, green route that is 3,000 miles long, which connects Calais, Maine (located at the Canadian border) with Key West, Florida.

Our Monthly Meeting is on the second Monday of the month at 11 a.m. at the  Bowdoinham Town Office.

Contacts:

Bowdoinham – Nicole Briand- Town Planner 666-5531

Topsham – Rod Melanson- Town Planner  725-1724

Richmond – Darryl Sterling- Economic Development Director 737-4305

Gardiner – Jason Simcock—Planning and Development Director 582-6888

For more information please go to www.merrymeetingtrail.org.