Soft Open for Neponset Greenway

With little fanfare, the construction fences came down this past weekend, and the long awaited connection between Central Avenue and Mattapan Square was complete!

New Bridge Over the Greenway

On June 30, the “Harvest River Bridge”, designed to join the Mattapan portion of the Neponset Greenway to the Milton side, was installed over the Neponset River, although it won’t be open pedestrians and bicyclists for a few more months. This is the second of two bridges recently added to the Greenway, the first being […]

Quincy RiverWalk is Officially Open!

After twelve long years of sweat and tears by the Neponset River Watershed Association and local Quincy citizens, the Quincy RiverWalk officially opened at noon on Tuesday, September 30, 2014.  A Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held at the Adams Inn Gazebo, 29 Hancock St., Quincy right next to the Neponset Avenue Bridge.  Speakers included Quincy […]

Final Funding for Neponset Riverwalk

For decades, NepRWA and others in Quincy have longed for a “Riverwalk”, comparable to the Harborwalk and the Neponset Greenway in Boston. The first half of Quincy’s 3 mile long Neponset Riverwalk, beginning at the pile-supported gazebo at Adams Inn, were constructed over many years via NepRWA’s negotiation with private waterfront developers. Then, last year, […]

Milton Conservation Comm. Bushwhacks Neponset

At the end of March, the Milton Conservation Commission toured the state Dept. of Conservation and Recreation’s proposed extension of the Neponset River Trail, from the Central Avenue bridge, about a mile upstream to the site of a new 150-ft bridge that will connect with Ryan Playground in Mattapan. The tour traversed a portion of […]