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Neponset River Trail: Moving Upstream

April 27, 2006

Upstream Planning

Funding for a "resource management plan" to connect the existing trail to the Fowl Meadow section of the Blue Hills Reservation through Milton, Mattapan, and Hyde Park has been funded for the year ending June 30. At the second public meeting on April 26, a tentative plan for the Neponset River Greenway from Central Ave. to Fowl Meadow was proposed.
Click on map to see it at full resolution.
proposed greenway map

See the 2.6 megabyte PDF file of the meeting notice with a map of the proposed greenway here.

A Bike Ride on the Trail

On March 26, BNAN and Hub on Wheels sponsored a bike ride from Franklin Park to Castle Island, up the Neponset and back. Only 8 people came, but you can ride the route any time.

Download the map, altitude profile, and directions here:

 Neponset

Around Granite Avenue

Most of the work on the Neponset II Park east of Granite Ave. in Dorchester should be done by June. The traffic light at Granite Ave. is in place, but needs more money for the wires to be run and connected so it will actually stop traffic. It may be done by June, too.

-Doug Mink,
Neponset River Greenway Council
MassBike/MetroBoston