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Town River Landing
Canoe Launch and Pedestrian Bridge Partnership Project
Project Overview
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Connecting Greenways: The Town River Landing
Today there is a Vision… and a huge effort
across the state to link hundreds of local open
spaces – ribbons of green laced together through
parks, natural resource areas, and important
community features - to satisfy a diverse set of
environmental, economic, educational and social
needs.
Greenways are corridors of land and water and
the natural, cultural, and recreational resources
they link together. An urban walking trail connecting
historical sites and neighborhood parks, a
wildlife migration corridor, and a series of open
spaces joined by trails are all examples of
Greenways.
The Town of Bridgewater’s Master Plan
embraces this vision by creating a Conservation
Parkland System (CPS) linking municipal
conservation areas situated along the
historically important Town and Taunton
Rivers.
The Town River Landing Canoe Launch and
Pedestrian Bridge will serve as an important link
in the CPS by connecting a greenway from Stiles & Hart Conservation Parkland to the business
district, Bridgewater State College, sidewalked
neighborhoods and Carver’s Pond.
The Canoe Launch, now fully functional, was
constructed by the Massachusetts
Department of Fish and Game Office of
Fishing and Boating Access at no cost to the
community and represents a $35,000 value.
Currently, bridge permitting and design
development are underway through funding from
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