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Table of Contents
Traffic Advisories
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive (both directions) beneath the Blossom Street Footbridge
(English, PDF 272.54 KB)
Sunday, September 7, 2025, and continuing for approximately two months
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive between the Fiedler Footbridge and Soldiers Field Road
(English, PDF 287.14 KB)
Monday, September 8, 2025 – Friday, September 26, 2025
Open PDF file, 287.03 KB,
DCR Traffic Advisory: Morrissey Boulevard
(English, PDF 287.03 KB)
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – Friday, September 12, 2025
Open PDF file, 270.64 KB,
UPDATE: DCR Traffic Advisory: Lynnway
(English, PDF 270.64 KB)
Effective immediately – Saturday, November 15, 2025
Open PDF file, 108.67 KB,
DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Drive in Cambridge
(English, PDF 108.67 KB)
July 19, 2025 – until further notice
Open PDF file, 288.31 KB,
DCR Traffic Advisory: Lynn Fells Parkway in Melrose
(English, PDF 288.31 KB)
Monday, April 28, 2025 –Monday, March 9, 2026
Open PDF file, 374.06 KB,
DCR Traffic Advisory: Riverbend Park/Memorial Drive in Cambridge
(English, PDF 374.06 KB)
Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Sunday, November 9, 2025
Open PDF file, 136.4 KB,
DCR Traffic Advisory: Blue Hills Parkway
(English, PDF 136.4 KB)
Monday, November 6, 2023, and continuing on school days, 7:20 a.m. -7:50 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Recreational Advisories
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Reilly Memorial Rink
(English, PDF 270.43 KB)
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – Friday, November 14, 2025
Open PDF file, 248.81 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Cyanobacteria Bloom at Flax Pond in Nickerson State Park
(English, PDF 248.81 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 246.34 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Waterfront Safety
(English, PDF 246.34 KB)
DCR-managed inland and coastal beaches, wading pools, and spray decks
Open PDF file, 284.34 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Mystic River Path
(English, PDF 284.34 KB)
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 – Friday, October 3, 2025
Open PDF file, 271.95 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
(English, PDF 271.95 KB)
Friday, September 5, 2025
Open PDF file, 298.25 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Alfond Spray Deck
(English, PDF 298.25 KB)
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – the remainder of the season (September 13)
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Cyanobacteria Bloom at Otter River State Park
(English, PDF 272.64 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 273.75 KB,
UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Lake Cochituate Reopens
(English, PDF 273.75 KB)
Effective Immediately
Open PDF file, 245.84 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Magazine Beach Improvements
(English, PDF 245.84 KB)
Monday, August 25, 2025- Tuesday, December 30, 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Cutler Park Reservation
(English, PDF 325.34 KB)
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 – Friday, September 19, 2025 (Tuesdays- Fridays)
Open PDF file, 292.8 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Cyanobacteria Bloom at Nickerson State Park
(English, PDF 292.8 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 256.35 KB,
UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Swimming at Hampton Ponds State Park Reopens
(English, PDF 256.35 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 256.09 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Cyanobacteria Bloom in Chicopee Reservoir
(English, PDF 256.09 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 262.74 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Scusset Fishing Pier
(English, PDF 262.74 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 256.43 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Cyanobacteria Bloom in the Charles River
(English, PDF 256.43 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 265.16 KB,
UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Upper Hopkinton Reservoir Reopens
(English, PDF 265.16 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 328.51 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Cyanobacteria Bloom in Blackstone Canal
(English, PDF 328.51 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 323.98 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Georges Island
(English, PDF 323.98 KB)
Effective immediately and until further notice
Open PDF file, 328.86 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Coastal Beaches
(English, PDF 328.86 KB)
Summer 2025
Open PDF file, 333.28 KB,
UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Mass Central Rail Trail Sudbury to Hudson
(English, PDF 333.28 KB)
Monday, April 7, 2025 – expected in 2026
Open PDF file, 281.8 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Blue Hills Reservation
(English, PDF 281.8 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 295.04 KB,
DCR Recreation Advisory: Walden Pond State Reservation
(English, PDF 295.04 KB)
Summer 2025
Open PDF file, 289.85 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Camping Reservations Open at Washburn Island
(English, PDF 289.85 KB)
Reservations open on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 8 a.m. Camping will be available Fridays and Saturdays from May 23 to October 13, 2025 (last night to camp is October 12)
Open PDF file, 288.97 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Camping Reservations Open Seven Days a Week at Two Campground
(English, PDF 288.97 KB)
Tolland State Forest reservations open for seven days a week on May 8, 2025, Granville State Forest reservations open for seven days a week on June 20, 2025
Open PDF file, 290.34 KB,
Update: DCR Recreational Advisory: Draw Seven Park
(English, PDF 290.34 KB)
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – Spring 2026
Open PDF file, 340.44 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Melnea A. Cass Recreation Center
(English, PDF 340.44 KB)
Friday, April 4, 2025 – Fall 2025
Open PDF file, 337.33 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Blue Hills Reservation
(English, PDF 337.33 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 354.51 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Walden Pond State Reservation
(English, PDF 354.51 KB)
Monday, January 20, 2025 – fall 2025
Open PDF file, 363.37 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Charlesbank Playground
(English, PDF 363.37 KB)
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – Summer 2025
Open PDF file, 364.36 KB,
UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Blue Hills Reservation in the Town of Milton
(English, PDF 364.36 KB)
Effective immediately
Open PDF file, 341 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Lynn Heritage State Park
(English, PDF 341 KB)
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 – until further notice
Open PDF file, 317.74 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Marine Park Bandstand in Boston
(English, PDF 317.74 KB)
Beginning on Friday, April 26, 2024 – indefinitely
Open PDF file, 136.47 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: John Joseph Kilmartin Pathway
(English, PDF 136.47 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
Open PDF file, 133.98 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Red Bridge Pond State Park
(English, PDF 133.98 KB)
Effective immediately, until further notice
Open PDF file, 208.38 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: Southwest Corridor Park Bike Path in Boston
(English, PDF 208.38 KB)
Thursday, May 4, 2023 – until further notice
DCR Parking Advisories
Open PDF file, 345.95 KB,
DCR Parking Advisory: Street Sweeping on Various Agency-Managed Roadways Begins April 1
(English, PDF 345.95 KB)
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 – Sunday, November 30, 2025
DCR Pedestrian Advisories
Open PDF file, 319.93 KB,
DCR Pedestrian Advisory: Blossom Street Footbridge
(English, PDF 319.93 KB)
Sunday, August 24, 2025 – Friday, September 5, 2025
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