Squannacook Greenways is pleased to announce that the Townsend Conservation Commission issued its Order of Conditions for the construction of the Squannacook River Rail Trail on July 22, 2019.  With this milestone, all environmental permitting for our rail trail is now complete.  This event keeps our plan for a November 2019 rail trail construction start on track (pun intended!).

Squannacook Greenways would like to thank the Townsend Conservation Commission for dealing with this challenging, 2.8 mile long permitting task in an environmentally important area with great professionalism.  We appreciate the many hours of work the board and staff put in to handle the kind of issues that come up with a project of this size.  We also thank the Groton Conservation Commission and the numerous state officials we have worked with to get us to this point.  And finally, without the diligent work of Stan Dillis of Ducharme & Dillis, this permit would not have been possible.