November 2018 Neponset River Greenway News

Join us at our next meeting at 7:00 pm on Wednesday November 7 at the Port Norfolk Yacht Club, 179 Walnut St., Dorchester, MA.  Our meetings are usually held on the first Wednesday of the month at rotating locations in the communities of the Lower Neponset River: Hyde Park, Milton, Mattapan, and Dorchester.
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The issues on which we are working are in the agenda for this meeting at http://www.masspaths.net/neponset/council/agenda20181107.pdf

Future Greenway Council meetings
December 5, 2018       Foley Senior Residences, Mattapan
January 2, 2019           Milton Yacht Club, Milton
February 6, 2019          Hyde Park Police Station, Hyde Park
March 6, 2019              Port Norfolk Yacht Club

Along the Trail:

Pumpkin Float October 18
The annual Pumpkin Float was held in Pope John Paul II Park on Thursday, October 18 at dusk. Attendees' carved and lit Jack-O-Lanterns were released around 6:00 pm.
   

MassTrails announced at 2018 Moving Together Conference
Each year the conference continues to bring together transportation leaders and individuals involved in the areas of planning, public health, bike and pedestrian safety, transit, advocacy, elected office, law enforcement and education. This year, MassTrails was announced, coordinating trails activities of the Department of Transportation,the Department of Conservation, and the Executive Office of Energy and Environment. This will help the Neponset Trail's next stages of construction, both north from Tenean Beach and south to the Blue Hills because all of those agencies need to be involved to make it work.


Draft Massachusetts Bikeability Guide Available
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) also announced last week at its annual Moving Together Conference that the Draft Municipal Resource Guide for Bikeability is available for public comment. You can review the plan by clicking here. MassDOT wants your feedback on this DRAFT guide. Please email Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Coordinator Pete Sutton at Peter.sutton@state.ma.us or mail your comments to: MassDOT Office of Transportation Planning, 10 Park Plaza, Suite 4150, Boston MA 02116. Please submit those comments by December 1st, 2018.


Changes Coming to Mattapan Square for Pedestrians
The Boston Transportation Department continues to work with its consultants, Toole Design, to improve pedestrian crossings between River St., Cummins Highway, and Blue Hill Ave. The first changes will be small, but they want the community to be on the lookout for those experiments. Major or permanent changes won't happen before there is a public meeting.

-Jessica Mink, who also took all of the pictures