Neponset River Greenway Council Meeting

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Milton Yacht Club, Wharf St., Milton, 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/NeponsetGreenwayAgenda20160907.pdf

Future Greenway Council meetings
October 6, 2016       District E-18 Police Station, Hyde Park
November 2, 2016   Port Norfolk Yacht Club, Dorchester
December 7, 2016   Foley Senior Residences, Mattapan
January 4, 2017       Milton Yacht Club, Milton

Along the Trail:

Milton
Construction is ongoing on a trail crossing of Blue Hill Parkway just south of Mattapan Square.

Hyde Park

       The Hyde Park Neponset River Clean-up this year will be Saturday, September 24.  Meet at the Martini Shell parking lot, 1015 Truman Parkway, Hyde Park from 8:30 am (check-in) until 1pm if you're 15 or older. Bring water, hat, sunblock, work gloves. Wear work clothes – you may get very dirty!  Register at the NepRWA website!

Mattapan

Some of the trail has been paved between the Harvest River Bridge and the Canopy Bridge new Ryan Playground! We're looking forward to at least a soft opening around the beginning of November (Photo by Vivian Ortiz)

Port Norfolk
Port Norfolk Park is open! We await a formal opening.








Dorchester
     A second public meeting on the reconstruction of Morrissey Blvd., which includes a significant segment of the Neponset Trail is imminent, though no date has been set yet.  Supporters of green space along the highway and bicycle and pedestrian access need to attend this series of meetings.
     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.