Progress & Plans

Received $20,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2005 from state of New Hampshire Trails Bureau. Used this to re-surface most of the 1.7 miles in Andover from Potter Place to Blackwater Park. Torrential rains forced postponement of part of this effort until May, 2006.

Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2006. It enabled

re-surfacing 2 miles from Blackwater Park to Switch Road in East Andover.

Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2007. Used this to

re-surface another 2 miles from Switch Road to Highland Lake in East Andover.

The 2008 Recreational Trails Program grant of $30,000 was used to improve the 2007 trail extension and to resurface nearly two miles of new trail between E. Andover and Dyer's Crossing.

Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in April, 2009. Used this to re-surface another 2 miles from Dyer's Crossing to Chance Pond Road in Franklin, NH.

In Sept. 2010 the trail was extended 1.8 miles from Chance Pond Road, Franklin to Depot Street in central Franklin thanks to a $25,000 Recreational Trails Program grant.

8.3 miles of trail were added in Oct., 2010 connecting the Andover-Franklin section of the trail with the Lebanon-Danbury section creating a continuous 44 mile trail. Funding of $350,000 came from a federal Transportation Enhancement grant.

The 2011 Recreational Trails Program grant of $30,000 was used for a trail extension of approximately two miles. This work extended the trail from Depot St. in Franklin south until Webster Place, Franklin.