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Board discusses rail reactivation and local multiuse trail potential
Summary
Members reviewed coverage that the dormant rail corridor running through Kirby’s commercial zone may be reactivated; the group discussed implications for multiuse trails, property owners and local maps, and agreed to retain a short note and maps in the plan.
The board reviewed a Vermont Digger article and planning maps showing that a railroad corridor through Kirby's commercial zone may be reactivated to carry logs and freight north to Quebec. Members said the corridor has been inactive long enough that neighbors assumed it was gone, and they discussed possible trail conversions or shared-use concepts alongside reactivation. "They're gonna reactivate that whole rail line," one member said as the group considered mapping and notification needs.
Members agreed to leave a short paragraph noting transportation possibilities in the draft and to retain the planning maps on the town website rather than embedding long photographic exhibits. Staff was asked to circulate the referenced article and to flag map pages to make the draft consistent with the most recent information.
