Dighton Open Space Committee rates trail priorities, eyes conservation bylaw deadline

Other Committee · Meeting of February 4, 2026

Dighton's Open Space Committee, newly at full strength, rated trail and conservation priorities and set a February 16 deadline for bylaw comments. Chair Jonathan Gale and the five-member panel assigned high priority to completing the long-stalled Taunton River Trail connection through Dighton, which involves state agencies and prior engineering studies but is blocked by a single private parcel. Two trail-head projects — on Somerset Avenue and Sandpiper Way — were also rated high, with Gale floating Boy Scout troops as potential partners for kiosk construction.

A shared management agreement with the Department of Conservation and Recreation for Week's Knoll State Park was rated high amid ongoing maintenance concerns. Separately, the committee found that SRPEDD had not incorporated the panel's earlier edits into the draft conservation bylaw and directed Clerk Danica to resend comments by February 16, with a goal of a joint special meeting with Planning Board Chair Jeff Carvalho in early March.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of February 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.