MLive: New trail could go from Paw Paw to Lawrence
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The Van Buren County Board of Commissioners officially supports the conversion of the idle railroad track from Paw Paw to Lawrence to a trail, reports MLive. The rails are good, but the railbed itself won’t support the weight of a freight train. The Paw Paw-based West Michigan Railroad Company wants to abandon the track from Paw Paw west of a point near Lawrence, opening up the possibility of a third recreation trail in Van Buren County.
Excerpt: Upgrading it for train use would run $1 million per mile, according to Edward VanderVries. The section of track being eyed for a trail covers 10.67 miles of the 15-mile railroad track that runs between Paw Paw and Hartford.
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Source: MLive.com
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