Closure of The CBS Railway Bed to Off Road Vehicles

[Peter Emberley]

The town of CBS is trying to close down the Railway Bed. According to one of our members. The Group "Avalon Trailway" supports this. I have created an online petition to try and combat this. I would appreciate any and all signatures.

The petition is located at    http://www.petitions24.com/cbs_railway_bed 

[Andrew]

According to The Telgram last October and an old NTV report from 2012 there would be a bypass for ATV's, has this change been confirmed??

The Telegram says there will be a separate section for ATV's

http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2013-10-25/article-3447846/Ra...

Posted on September 27, 2012 by ntvwebeditor in Local with 0 Comments

Conception Bay South unveiled a plan Thursday for redeveloping the T’Railway that runs through the town. The walking and biking trail would run from Topsail to Seal Cove and would include a bypass for ATV riders. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports.

http://ntv.ca/c-b-s-unveils-new-trailway-plan/

[greg green]

peter they are as far as eassons rd across from manuals irving and they have gates up. I have a e-mail from the cbs mayor stating that he has the support of an atv association but he doesn't say witch one

[Peter Emberley]

There is only one that I know of. I believe Rick Noseworthy Started it himself years ago, called Avalon Trailway Corparation. I can't believe any ATV association would agree to closing trails.  The petition is up 4 hours and there are 290 names and growing fast. I will contact Mr Noseworthy and see what his stance is on this matter.

[Peter Emberley]

It's not an association. It's the Avalon Trailway Corp. I spoke to Rick Noseworthy. They did agree to the closing of the railway bed, but the new trail that is being built was supposed to open at the same time the railway bed was shut down. This has not happened. Rick Noseworthy from the Avalon Trailway Corp told me, he would not support our petition but he would not hinder it either. He also told me, there had been meetings held on this subject  and no one showed enough interest to attend any of the meetings.

As usual, no one seems to care until it's too late. I haven't spoken to the Mayor or council of CBS yet, but I hope to.

[Gerry Skanes]

Hi Peter,'Trailway' is closed from Spruce Hill Road to west of this area .Spending more money on the Trail than they are on the roads!You will never see another Trail opened....you will soon have to trailer your quad up to the TCH to get on old rail bed.....very sad as thee are such nice views from the Trailway along the shore of CBS.Petition is signed...

[Peter Emberley]

Where about is Spruce Hill road. The agreement ATC had with the CBS council was the railway bed would remain open from the Foxtrap Marina in Foxtrap to Holyrood.

[greg green]

spruce hill rd is in topsoil

[Peter Emberley]

Until the new trail opened.

[Gerry Skanes]

Don't think there will be another Trail Peter.....

[Gerry Skanes]

Spruce Hill is between Buckingham Drive and Topsail Road.....yes...in Topsail....

[Peter Emberley]

According to the ATC, they are hoping construction could start as early as next year. I'm not holding my breath but I will hold their feet to the fire on their promise of a trail.

[Gerry Skanes]

Hi Peter,just read a notice on CBS Council website that motorized vehicles are prohibited from using T'railway from just east of Sprucehill Rd in Topsail to Indian Pond in Seal Cove.You can check it out on the website....