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Traffic Advisories

Open PDF file, 279.82 KB,  DCR Traffic Advisory: Flagg Road (English, PDF 279.82 KB)

Monday, November 24, 2025 – Friday, January 9, 2025

Open PDF file, 249.52 KB,  DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Drive in Cambridge (English, PDF 249.52 KB)

Monday, October 20, 2025 – Fall 2027

Open PDF file, 272.54 KB,  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

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, 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

Open PDF file, 279.55 KB,  DCR Recreational Advisory: Western Mass Snowmobile Trail Closures (English, PDF 279.55 KB)

Effective immediately – until further notice

Open PDF file, 280.43 KB,  Update: DCR Recreational Advisory: Middle Road in Dubuque State Forest (English, PDF 280.43 KB)

Effective immediately – until further notice

Open PDF file, 90.42 KB,  DCR Recreational Advisory: Trail Safety (English, PDF 90.42 KB)

Effective immediately – until further notice

Open PDF file, 102.89 KB,  DCR Recreational Advisory: Linden Street Bridge (English, PDF 102.89 KB)

Effective immediately

Open PDF file, 293.25 KB,  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

Open PDF file, 279.73 KB,  DCR Recreational Advisory: McMorrow Playground (English, PDF 279.73 KB)

Monday, September 29, 2025 – January 2026

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, 290.34 KB,  Update: DCR Recreational Advisory: Draw Seven Park (English, PDF 290.34 KB)

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – Spring 2026 

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, 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, 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 Pedestrian Advisories

Open PDF file, 296.52 KB,  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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