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The first step in this process was in September of 2004, when the Commonwealth of Massachusetts purchased the abandoned Providence and Worcester Railroad right-of-way that extends nearly 11 miles from Southbridge to Webster.

Shortly after the purchase, Senator Moore convened a regional advisory committee to work with the state's Executive Office of Transportation and Department of Conservation and Recreation to plan for future use of former rail bed. 

The rail bed was acquired by the Commonwealth on 2004 for the purpose of developing a recreation trail.  

• Senator Richard T. Moore
• Representative Geraldo Alicea
• Representative Paul Kujawski
• Representative Todd M. Smola
• Todd Fontanella, Mass. EOT
• Josh Lehman, Mass. EOT
• Daniel O'Brien, Mass DCR
• Brian Jurkowski, Park Supervisor, MassDCR

• Anna Smith, Southbridge
• Scott Benoit, Southbridge
• Maureen Doyle, Southbridge
• Robert Craver, Webster
• Alan Dabrowski, Webster
• Randolph Blackmer, Jr., Thompson, CT
• Lucille Langlois, Thompson, CT
• Kenneth Butkiewicz, Dudley

• Laurie Giannotti, CT DEP
• Rosemary Scrivens, CMRPC

• Bay State Trail Riders Association
• Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc.
• Grand Trunk Trail Blazers
• Opacum Land Trust
• Kulisa Land Trust

• Tour the Grand Trunk Southbridge Loop Trail
  Note: This file is LARGE [33 MB] and will take some time to download in slower connections.

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Executive Office of Transportation
• Town of Southbridge
• Town of Dudley
• Town of Webster
• Town of Sturbridge
• Town of Thompson, CT
• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission
• Bay State Trail Riders Association
• Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc.
• Opacum Land Trust