Voke Tech students extending the East Side Trail towards Plantation Street

Worcester Voke Tech students from the Environmental Studies Division cleaned up the East Side Trail from Skyline Drive through to the Coal Mine Shaft on Tuesday.

Furthermore, they hunted down and roughed out the alignment of the trail extension to Plantation Street. Another crew will assist GWLT on this upcoming Tuesday to reach Plantation Street with a cleanly blazed and market trail.

Phenomenal assistance guys!

East Side Trail extension / Holy Cross

On Saturday March 20 members of the Holy Cross crew team returned almost a year to the day to assist in getting the East Side Trail ready for the spring season. In addition to general maintenance the crew team and other volunteers extended the East Side Trail about a quarter of a mile easterly to the site of the old coal mine shaft. This connection was in place some years back but was severed with the construction of nearby residential buildings. Further extensiono of the trail is conceivable for this year with tentative plans in place to push the trail westerly from Plantation Street another quarter of a mile or so. A short return loop back easterly to the road is planned to prevent hikers from straying onto private property. Many thanks to the Holy Cross crew team for their continuing efforts to improve the trail and take on the role of stewards for portions of the trail system