What kind of surface will the trail have?
Since this RR corridor through Seabrook is actually a double wide track, we could have half paved for wheelchair, roller blade, baby stroller usage, and hard packed gravel for walker and runners. We would like to provide the best possible recreational experience to the public that can be reasonably afforded. In most cases, that translates to a hard or paved surface, which while costing up to two or three times as much as a softer surface, is much less expensive to maintain and provides for a greater diversity of uses. On the other hand, a softer surface like crushed stone, while more limiting in terms of uses and more expensive to maintain, is substantially more affordable to build. Based on a review of existing rail trails, it is apparently not uncommon for some trails to have multiple surfaces, with high-use portions having a hard surface and low-intensity sections constructed with a crushed stone surface. No decision has been made at this time, but public preference and the expert o
