Whereas,
- The trail has significantly eroded in the 35 years since it was built;
- Several spots remain perpetually muddy or icy;
- Exposed roots and rocks trip walkers and joggers;
- The trail is heavily used— 365 days a year—by hikers, joggers, dog-walkers, cross-country-skiers, birders, exercise trail users, both high school track teams, parents and kids;
- Improving hiking trails was the #1 priority for community parks & rec in a statewide survey by Mass. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs;
- Newton Parks & Rec has capital budgets for upgrading tennis courts, playgrounds, playing fields, exercise equipment, but no capital budget for trail improvements;
We, the undersigned ask the mayor, City Council and Parks & Rec Dept to create a capital budget and expedite improving the trail with boardwalks over muddy areas, and restoring the stone dust trail to its original condition.
Mettre À Jour #4il y a 6 ans
Thanks for your support! Hope you’re enjoying the new, wider and longer wooden walkways, and the new exercise stations. You can help keep the improvements coming! Join Friends of Cold Spring Park. $15 students, seniors, low-income; $25 indiduals; $40 families. Larger donations welcome! And now tax deductible. Please make checks to “Newton Conservators” with “Friends of CSP” on the memo line. Friends of CSP, Box 610023, Newton, MA 02461. Email FriendsOfColdSpringPark@gmail.com for more info.
Mettre À Jour #3il y a 6 ans
More news: the new exercise stations are in. Scouts will install wider and longer walkways over the muddiest areas on 9/23! Parks & Rec is working with the Water Dept. to divert stormwater under the trail near Zervas. And P&R will put new stone dust on some of the most eroded areas near Zervas and between Beacon St. and the dog park. To continue & expedite added improvements, we’re forming Friends of Cold Spring Park. Will update you when that’s underway & we can accept tax-deductuble donations!
Mettre À Jour #2il y a 6 ans
Pleased to report that we just had a very good meeting with Parks & Rec Commissioner Bob DeRubeis, staffperson Stephanie Lapham, & Councilors Downs, Rice, and Danberg. P&R has already removed old exercise stations & cut out dead roots. New stations going in in August; extended planks over mud in Sept. They will develop a near-term budget & plan for wood chips and/or stone dust for the worst areas & put the trail in the long-term Capital Improvement Plan. Next meeting in August. Thanks all!
Mettre À Jour #1il y a 6 ans
Thanks for signing & the many supportive comments. I also have 127 paper signatures gathered on the trail, & will be speaking to the Waban & Highlands Area Councils & the Conservators. Parks & Rec says exercise stations will be replaced this summer, and a Boy Scout will install more planks over the muddiest sections in the Fall. They then hope to add stone dust at a few of the roughest areas. A good start, though I’ve also heard about past unfulfilled promises, so let’s keep going! Thanks!
