Grant awarded to Malden for new trail
A grant of $100,000 has been given to the city of Malden from MassTrails to develop the Spot Pond Brook Greenway.
The Greenway will follow the Spot Pond Brook through the center of Malden in the downtown area and will be a corridor of many uses. The vision is that bicyclists and pedestrians from the Oak Grove neighborhood in the northern part of the city will be connected to Malden River and the Northern Strand Community Trail in an effort to create a larger network of shared paths.
Funds from the grant will be used to design and engineer the Greenway and for the needed permits for Phase II of the project. This will include about a paved path for shared use that will be 5,200 feet long and will connect the Northern Strand Trail with the Oak Grove Orange Line Station of the MBTA through Malden Center. Flyer printing can be used to provide maps of such planned trails so that the community can keep informed of their progress.
Senator Jason Lewis said that the grant is good news for the ongoing efforts of the city to improve safety and access for cyclists and pedestrians to the station at Oak Grove and the surrounding neighborhoods. He expressed his thanks to Ryan O’Malley, a Councilor from Ward 4, for his advocacy and hard work in helping the city to be awarded this grant.
The Greenway will follow the Spot Pond Brook through the center of Malden in the downtown area and will be a corridor of many uses. The vision is that bicyclists and pedestrians from the Oak Grove neighborhood in the northern part of the city will be connected to Malden River and the Northern Strand Community Trail in an effort to create a larger network of shared paths.
Funds from the grant will be used to design and engineer the Greenway and for the needed permits for Phase II of the project. This will include about a paved path for shared use that will be 5,200 feet long and will connect the Northern Strand Trail with the Oak Grove Orange Line Station of the MBTA through Malden Center. Flyer printing can be used to provide maps of such planned trails so that the community can keep informed of their progress.
Senator Jason Lewis said that the grant is good news for the ongoing efforts of the city to improve safety and access for cyclists and pedestrians to the station at Oak Grove and the surrounding neighborhoods. He expressed his thanks to Ryan O’Malley, a Councilor from Ward 4, for his advocacy and hard work in helping the city to be awarded this grant.