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DCR Press Advisories
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Traffic Advisories
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Nonantum Road and North Beacon Street
(English, PDF 276.17 KB)
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 – Saturday, December 20, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Perkins Street
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Effective immediately – Friday, December 12, 2025, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Eliot Bridge
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Effective immediately – Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (excluding weekends) 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive
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Monday, December 8, 2025 – Friday, December 12, 2025
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive (both directions) between the Longfellow Bridge and Soldiers Field Road
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Monday, December 2, 2025 – Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Flagg Road
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Monday, November 24, 2025 – Friday, January 9, 2025
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Drive
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Effective immediately – Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (excluding weekends)
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Drive in Cambridge
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Monday, October 20, 2025 – Fall 2027
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive (both directions) beneath the Blossom Street Footbridge
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Sunday, September 7, 2025, and continuing for approximately two months
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Drive in Cambridge
(English, PDF 108.67 KB)
July 19, 2025 – until further notice
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Lynn Fells Parkway in Melrose
(English, PDF 288.31 KB)
Monday, April 28, 2025 –Monday, March 9, 2026
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Blue Hills Parkway
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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: Middle Road in Dubuque State Forest
(English, PDF 277.35 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Quabbin Park
(English, PDF 277.62 KB)
Monday, December 8, 2025 – Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Boston Agency-Managed Ice Rinks Open for the Season on Black Friday
(English, PDF 293.25 KB)
Friday, November 28, 2025 – Sunday, April 12, 2026
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DCR Recreational Advisory: McMorrow Playground
(English, PDF 279.73 KB)
Monday, September 29, 2025 – January 2026
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Magazine Beach Improvements
(English, PDF 245.84 KB)
Monday, August 25, 2025- Tuesday, December 30, 2025
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UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Mass Central Rail Trail Sudbury to Hudson
(English, PDF 333.28 KB)
Monday, April 7, 2025 – expected in 2026
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Blue Hills Reservation
(English, PDF 281.8 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
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Update: DCR Recreational Advisory: Draw Seven Park
(English, PDF 290.34 KB)
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – Spring 2026
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Melnea A. Cass Recreation Center
(English, PDF 340.44 KB)
Friday, April 4, 2025 – Fall 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Blue Hills Reservation
(English, PDF 337.33 KB)
Effective immediately – until further notice
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Walden Pond State Reservation
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Monday, January 20, 2025 – fall 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Lynn Heritage State Park
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024 – until further notice
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Marine Park Bandstand in Boston
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Beginning on Friday, April 26, 2024 – indefinitely
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Red Bridge Pond State Park
(English, PDF 133.98 KB)
Effective immediately, until further notice
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Southwest Corridor Park Bike Path in Boston
(English, PDF 208.38 KB)
Thursday, May 4, 2023 – until further notice
DCR Pedestrian Advisories
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DCR Pedestrian Advisory: Blossom Street Footbridge
(English, PDF 296.52 KB)
Monday, September 29, 2025, and continuing for approximately two months
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