Colin Lentz, senior transportation planner, and Stefanie Casella, data collection and analysis assistant, facilitated a meeting of the Branch River Scenic Byway advisory committee on Friday, Feb. 15. The byway runs through Milton and Wakefield, and the committee is looking to expand the trail into Brookfield, Farmington, Middleton, and New Durham and link with the Lakes Region Byway in Wolfeboro and Alton. These communities, minus Alton, are part of the Moose Mountains region, an area identified and promoted by Explore Moose Mountains, a grassroots initiative.
Over the past year, Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization staff members have been meeting with communities to assess their interest in being part of an expanded byway through the Moose Mountains Region. Staffers met most recently with Wolfeboro town planner Matthew Sullivan to discuss the process of linking a potentially extended Branch River Scenic Byway with the Lakes Byway.
For more information on the Branch River Scenic Byway, visit the
SRPC website
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