Neponset River Greenway Council Meeting

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Hyde Park Police Station, 1249 Hyde Park Ave., Hyde Park, MA

Join us for our monthly meeting as we discuss progress of construction of the Neponset Trail and other issues along the Neponset River Greenway with staff from the Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation, which manages it, the police who patrol it, and concerned citizens. Our meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at rotating locations in communities of the Lower Neponset.  The agenda is at
http://www.masspaths.net/neponset/NeponsetGreenwayAgenda20161005.pdf

Future Greenway Council meetings

November 2, 2016   ????, Dorchester
December 7, 2016   Foley Senior Residences, Mattapan
January 4, 2017       Milton Yacht Club, Milton
February 1, 2017     District E-18 Police Station, Hyde Park

Along the Trail:

Dorchester
     The annual Pumpkin Float will be held in Pope John Paul II Park on Thursday, October 20 at dusk. Show up by 5:30. Attendees' carved and lit Jack-O-Lanterns will be released around 6:00 pm. Pictures from last year are here. (Photos by Jessica Mink)
  

Hyde Park

       The Hyde Park Neponset River Clean-up was Saturday, September 24.  Here are some pictures from the Neponset River Watershed Association:
  

Milton
Construction is ongoing on a trail crossing of Blue Hill Parkway just south of Mattapan Square, and pavement is almost complete from the Harvest River Bridge to Central Ave. (Photos by Jessica Mink)
  

Mattapan

TheCanopy Bridge is surfaced but needs railings, but the Harvest River Bridge still needs a surface AND railings. We're looking forward to a soft opening from Mattapan Square to Central Ave. around mid to late November. (Photos by Jessica Mink)
  

Port Norfolk
Port Norfolk Park is open! We await a formal opening.
(Photo by Jessica Mink)










Dorchester
A second public meeting on the reconstruction of Morrissey Blvd., which includes a significant segment of the Neponset Trail was held on September 27. The full PDF presentation is here.

     The segment from Victory Rd. north to Morrissey Blvd., which bypasses the Southeast Expressway exit ramp, is scheduled to be fully designed by the end of 2016, but the legislature needs to designate money to build it.
     The segment between Tenean Beach and Victory Rd. is owned by the Mass. Department of Transportation as frontage for the Southeast Expressway. DCR and MassDOT are starting to work together on this.