This was a Columbus Day project, Oct. 12th involving an upgrade to another bridge on town owned land in Upton. Again, we put a layer of non-woven geo-textile material down with a layer of pea stone on top. This was a 26′ long bridge. This has eliminated the slippery surface that develops on wooden bridges…
On Oct. 2nd the bridge on Eagle Bridge Trail had an upgrade. The upgrade made a natural looking non-slip surface. This bridge is located in the Douglas State Forest and is 49′ long. The process involved putting down a non-woven geo-textile material, securing it and putting a layer of pea stone over it. We hope…
On Park Serve Day we worked with the Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) on a section of the Southern New England Trunkline Trail (SNETT) between Aldrich Street and Chocolog Street in Uxbridge. This section was overgrown and had a number of trees down. This workday entailed a lot of sweat equity for our morning’s…
April 22nd had us working on the trail system in Uxbridge MA. We had 20 people working for a total of 50 volunteer hours that were worth $1,450. Nice job everyone.
On April 24th members of BSTRA joined the Friends of the Upton State Forest. Our project that we concentrated on was installing anti-slip strips to one of the bridges at Upton State Forest. This is our test bridge. The strips are pretty expensive, it cost over $900 just for this one bridge. But we all know…