Manchester · Parks & public realm

South Manchester Rail Trail Cohas Brook Trestle Link

City consultant VHB states the approximately mile-long South Manchester Rail Trail link, with the historical Cohas Brook trestle rehabilitation, culvert repairs and two pedestrian crossing beacons, completed physical construction in May 2024. The separate future extension remains under the Future category.

The original city project team or named delivery partner expressly reports construction of the specified scope complete.Evidence: May 2024 contractor completion · Reviewed 1 November 2026

Documented outcome

May 2024 contractor completion

City consultant VHB states the approximately mile-long South Manchester Rail Trail link, with the historical Cohas Brook trestle rehabilitation, culvert repairs and two pedestrian crossing beacons, completed physical construction in May 2024. The separate future extension remains under the Future category.

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Project in numbers

Completed May 2024Project-specific scale or dated milestone
Completed named scopeEvidentiary stage
Manchester, NHCity and original jurisdiction

About the project

City consultant VHB states the approximately mile-long South Manchester Rail Trail link, with the historical Cohas Brook trestle rehabilitation, culvert repairs and two pedestrian crossing beacons, completed physical construction in May 2024. The separate future extension remains under the Future category. The record identifies a particular public asset, linear corridor or clearly named city capital programme. Evidence of meetings, budget approval and scheduled paving is not used to infer a later construction completion; source timing is expressly distinguished from a same-day field inspection.

Verified development history

  1. May 2024 contractor completion

    City consultant VHB states the approximately mile-long South Manchester Rail Trail link, with the historical Cohas Brook trestle rehabilitation, culvert repairs and two pedestrian crossing beacons, completed physical construction in May 2024. The separate future extension remains under the Future category.

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  2. 1 November 2026 editorial review

    The original city project team or named delivery partner expressly reports construction of the specified scope complete. The latest linked original documents are used to distinguish dated work from future targets.

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What remains uncertain

Reviewed 1 November 2026 against named original city, NHDOT and delivery-partner materials. This is documentary attribution, not a 1 November field inspection. Editorial confidence does not mean probability of eventual completion. The NHDOT 2023 draft timetable is a planning document only.

Official maps, designs and site visuals

Original publisher links, not unlicensed photographs or invented project renderings.

Sources and documents

91% editorial confidence · Evidence assessment

Editorial confidence describes how well the cited records support this account. It is not a calibrated probability of project completion. Source event dates are distinct from research review dates.

Sources reviewed 1 November 2026.