Wrentham Residents Vote To Fund Recreation Trails

WRENTHAM, MA—Residents at Wrentham's special town meeting on November 16 voted in favor of funding two new recreation trails.

A total of 115 residents participated in the meeting, which was held in the auditorium of King Philip Regional High School and set up to follow social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines.

Voters approved using $100,000 from the Community Preservation Fund for an engineering study related to a walking path project at the Rice Recreation Complex and $80,000 for a feasibility study for the Metacomet Greenway recreational trail project.

The proposed walking path project at the Rice Recreation Complex would go around the perimeter of the property.

The Metacomet Greenway recreational trail project is working to utilize the abandoned 17-mile Old Colony Railroad rail-trail in Walpole, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, and North Attleboro as recreation and open space, potentially connecting the five towns.

The voters also approved the requests for $54,200 for a bulkhead and storm door replacement project for the Housing Authority, $27,100 to purchase a mechanical aquatic weed harvester and trailer, $26,000 to fund the Roderick School Playground project, and $1,200 to fund the Council on Aging's Raised Garden Bed, all funded by the Community Preservation Fund.

Funds for a mower for the DPW and an HVAC system for public safety at the cost of $187,574 and funds for a new ambulance for the fire department and to cover costs of a Wrentham Fire union contract were also approved.