On behalf of the board of St Margaret’s Rails to Trails Association we would like to again thank PC Candidate Danielle Barkhouse for her support in obtaining funding to replace Puddle Bridge. The project start is January 2025 with reopening in May 2025 . This is a big project for our board of volunteers as…
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Hello Members,For those attending the upcoming Annual General Meeting of the St. Margaret’s Bay Area Rails to Trails Association or any interested parties below are important documents relating to our AGM. The AGM will be held in person on Wednesday June 19th from 6:30-8pm at the Tantallon Library. Members who have paid their annual membership…
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Last week, RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment’s (HRD) Community Action Response Team, HRD Traffic Services, and the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, joined forces to conduct off-highway vehicle (OHV) patrols on the BLT Rails to Trails and St. Margaret’s Bay Area Rails to Trails. During this two-day initiative, officers engaged with over 250…
Continue ReadingThe Hubley section has been be reopened. It was rolled today, grass seed applied and we are excited to be done. While we have completed this, there is still crusher dust to go down, but that won’t happen until we get a good rain as to make it compact better. We would like to thank…
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Hello Members,We would like to invite you attend the upcoming Annual General Meeting of the St. Margaret’s Bay Area Rails to Trails Association. The AGM will be held in person on Wednesday June 19th from 6:30-8pm at the Tantallon Library. Members who have paid their annual membership fees are eligible to attend and vote at…
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The Puddle Bridge has been repaired and safe to use after it was damaged by an intentional fire sometime during the night/morning of May 3-4. The fire remains under investigation by the Tantallon RCMP. If you have any information about who may have set the fire please please contact Tantallon RCMP at: 902-490-5020. Thank you…
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We have received approval for funding for the replacement of Puddle Bridge in Queensland. We will have more info to follow as this progresses and is slated to be done in the Fall of this year. We would like to thank MLA Danielle Barkhouse for her support and assistance and also the Dept of Community,…
Continue ReadingAttention trail users The section from Island View Dr to Station Rd at the Head of St Margaret’s Bay is reopening at 5 pm tonight. There is still some more gravels to go down to finish and compact and that will be done next week on the last 600 m to Island view. We thank…
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The closed section of trail between Island View and Station Rd. is coming along nicely and as efficiently as possible. You will encounter barricades when equipment is working on that section, please respect the barricades, this applies to ALL USERS !!! We should have the trail open very soon, thank you for your patience.We as…
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The trail has be reopened as of this morning (September 18th).Thank you to the Volunteers as well as a few users who assisted yesterday. CAUTION – There are a few small leaner trees near Hubley, which have been flagged and will be dealt with in coming days. The section from Island View to Station Road…
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