Road and trail construction projects happening in and near Milton in 2016 Last updated - August 18, 2016
| Dates | 01/01/2016 - 06/30/2017 | | Route | Neponset River Greenway | | Endpoints | Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan to Central Avenue in Milton | | Jurisdiction | Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation | | Description | Paved multi-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists | | Bike Infrastructure | Paved, off-road trail | Notes
| Trail is scheduled to open by November 2016, with landscaping to follow in 2017
- April 16: Canopy Walk bridge lifted into place over trolley tracks
- May 16-17: Neponset bridge components to arrive on Meadowbank Road in Mattapan
- May: Installation of Canopy Walk in Mattapan, retaining walls in Milton, and delivery of new bridge components
- June 30: New Harvest River Bridge lifted into place over the Neponset River
- July: Paving of Mattapan side of the trail; installation of Canopy Walk flyover continues
| | Links | 04/21 Dorchester Reporter - Canopy Walk bridge joins Greenway at Mattapan 07/01 Dorchester Reporter - Harvest River Bridge Crosses Neponset 07/06 Boston Aerials - Harvest River Bridge video | | Photos | |
| Dates | 04/25/2016 - 12/01/2016 | | Route | Blue Hill Avenue / Blue Hills Parkway / Neponset River Greenway | | Endpoints | Brook Road in Milton to Babson Street in Mattapan | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR, MassDOT, Town of Milton and City of Boston (project managed by Town of Milton DPW) | | Description | Coordinate signal timing among intersections, improve motor vehicle traffic flow, connect the Neponset River Greenway trail across the roadway and add bike lanes and sharrows. | | Bike Infrastructure | Neponset River Greenway crossing of Blue Hill Avenue / Blue Hills Parkway with two new stoplights. Blue Hills Parkway bike lanes will be extended through the intersection, except northbound between Curtis Roa and River Street, which will have sharrows. Traffic detector loops in the bike lanes will assist bicyclists crossing the intersection. | Notes
| This connects the Neponset River Greenway segment by Brush Hill Road, which was built in 2010, with this segment scheduled to open in December 2016.
- May 22: Trees have been marked and protected, work site barrels have been put up, new drainage components have arrived on site, turf has been dug up on the west side of the intersection.
| | Links | 04/19 Milton Police Department Facebook post | | Photos |
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| Dates | 04/26/2016 - October 2016 | | Route | Brook Road and Canton Avenue | | Endpoints | Cape Cod Lane to Glover Elementary School | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton (funded and managed by MassDOT Safe Routes to Schools program) | | Description | Traffic calming features, safer traffic flow pattern, improved sidewalks and crosswalks, better defined parking spaces and improvements to bike lanes. | | Bike Infrastructure | Brook Road bike lanes to be improved. | Notes
| Construction funds secured because the Turners Pond path encourages so many Glover families to walk and bike to school. This project was advocated for by Bicycle Advisory Committee member Erick Ask, whose children have since moved on from Glover to Pierce. - May 21: Trees have been marked and protected, work site barrels have been set up, new curb lines have been marked on the pavement. | | Links | | | Photos | |
| Dates | May 15, 2016 - June 10, 2016 | | Route | Blue Hill River Road | | Endpoints | Hillside Street to Route 128 / I-93 interchange (0.3 mile) | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure | New bicycle lanes to be installed | Notes
| - May 21: New pavement in place, temporary centerline markers have been placed
- June 9: Lane striping installed, with bike-lane-width shoulders
- June 10: Bike lane markers painted | | Links | | | Photos | |
| Dates | May 15, 2016 - May 27, 2016 | | Route | Unquity Road | | Endpoints | Canton Avenue to Harland Street | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure | Wider shoulders (we have asked for bike lanes in the shoulders) | Notes
| Was delayed from last year due to the water main replacement project. Will help the Blue Hills Cycling Club bring back the Blue Hills Classic bike race.
- May 21: New pavement in place, temporary centerline markers have been placed
- June 9: Lane striping installed, with bike-lane-width shoulders
- June 11: Bike lane markers painted on the northbound side from Hillside Street to Canton Avenue (2.2 miles)
- July 25: Bike lane markers painted on the southbound side from Canton Avenue to Hillside Street (2.2 miles) | | Links | | | Photos | |
| Dates | 05/09/2016 - TBD | | Route | Randolph Avenue | | Endpoints | Brook Road and Centre Street | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton DPW | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure | Sharrows to be installed | Notes
| - May 18: New pavement in place
- June 6: Lane striping installed
- To be completed: Sharrow markers | | Links | 05/09 Town of Milton DPW Press Release (PDF) | | Photos | |
| Dates | 05/09/2016 - TBD | | Route | Centre Street | | Endpoints | Randolph Avenue to Brook Road | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton DPW | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure | Sharrows requested; denied because road is reportedly too narrow | Notes
| Roadway is not wide enough for bike lanes. Sharrows (share-the-road markings) are not ideal but would be the most likely bicycle infrastructure to be used on Centre Street. If installed, they would extend the existing Centre Street sharrows.
- May 18: New pavement in place
- June 6: Lane striping installed | | Links | 05/09 Town of Milton DPW Press Release (PDF) | | Photos | |
| Dates | 05/09/16 - TBD | | Route | Canton Avenue | | Endpoints | Blue Hill Avenue to Blue Hills Parkway (2.1 miles) | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton DPW | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure | Sharrows | Notes
| Part of the water main replacement project. Will help the Blue Hills Cycling Club bring back the Blue Hills Classic bike race this summer.
- May 20: New pavement in place (1st layer)
- To be completed: Curb and sidewalk work ongoing; top coat to follow later this year; Striping and sharrow markers | | Links | 05/05 Town of Milton DPW press release | | Photos | |
| Dates | 05/09/16 - TBD | | Route | Hemlock Drive | | Endpoints | Full length of street | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton DPW | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure |
| Notes
| Neighborhood side street without bicycle infrastructure
- May 20: New pavement in place (1st layer); curb and sidewalk work ongoing; top coat to follow later this year | | Links | 05/05 Town of Milton DPW press release | | Photos | |
| Dates | 05/09/16 - TBD | | Route | Dollar Lane | | Endpoints | Full length of street | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton DPW | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure |
| Notes
| Neighborhood side street without bicycle infrastructure
- May 20: New pavement in place (1st layer); curb and sidewalk work ongoing; top coat to follow later this year | | Links | 05/05 Town of Milton DPW press release | | Photos | |
| Dates | 05/09/16 - TBD | | Route | Sumner Street | | Endpoints | Canton Avenue to Pope Hill Road | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton DPW | | Description | Resurface roadway | | Bike Infrastructure |
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| Neighborhood side street without bicycle infrastructure
- May 20: New pavement in place (1st layer); curb and sidewalk work ongoing; top coat to follow later this year | | Links | 05/05 Town of Milton DPW press release | | Photos | |
| Dates | TBD | | Route | Blue Hill Summit Road (Blue Hills Reservation - Milton) | | Endpoints | Canton Avenue to Blue Hill Observatory | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Pulverize and re-grade | | Bike Infrastructure | Unimproved road? | Notes
| Currently awaiting a response from DCR about this project.
A survey of 80+ local cyclists found a strong preference for a paved summit road | | Links | | | Photos | |
| Dates | May-June | | Route | Chickatawbut Road (Milton and Quincy) | | Endpoints | Route 28 / Randolph Avenue to Reservoir | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Resurface | | Bike Infrastructure | None planned. | Notes
| We recommended wider shoulders, sharrows and a lower speed limit. Awaiting a response from DCR.
June 10: Two segments of road east of Route 28 were repaved and striped without sharrows. One old section of road west of Route 28 was re-striped with the same narrow shoulders. | | Links |
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| Dates | June | | Route | Hillside Street | | Endpoints | Randolph Ave to Chickatawbut Road | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton | | Description | Resurface | | Bike Infrastructure | None planned | Notes
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| Dates | June | | Route | Forest Street | | Endpoints | Hillside Street to Chickatawbut Road | | Jurisdiction | Town of Milton | | Description | Resurface | | Bike Infrastructure | None planned | Notes
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| Dates | TBD | | Route | Truman Parkway (Milton and Hyde Park) | | Endpoints | Neponset Valley Parkway to Brush Hill Road | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Resurface | | Bike Infrastructure | Bike lanes? | Notes
| DCR memo indicated bike lanes, but we don't know if this is a refresh of the existing southbound-only bike lane or if it will include northbound bike lanes or improvements in the Dana-Fairmount section. Awaiting a response from DCR. | | Links | | | Photos | |
| Dates | TBD | | Route | Furnace Brook Parkway (Quincy) | | Endpoints | Sea Street to Newport Avenue | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | | | Bike Infrastructure | | Notes
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| Dates | 03/28/2016 - 2020+ | | Route | Morrissey Boulevard re-design (Dorchester) | | Endpoints | Neponset Circle to Kosciuszko Circle | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR and MassDOT | | Description | Public input and design process to improve traffic flow, improve drainage, reduce high tide flooding, improve pedestrian and bicycle access and improve parkland aspect of the roadway. | | Bike Infrastructure | TBD - likely to include multi-use paths separate from the roadway | Notes
| 03/28 Public Input Meeting
TBD - Preliminary Design Meeting | | Links | 03/30 Dorchester Reporter article | | Photos | |
| Dates | TBD | | Route | NEMBA Buck Hill Trail (Blue Hills Reservation - Milton and Quincy) | | Endpoints | Buck Hill Summit to TBD | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Replacement to an old hiking trail that would complete a bike loop up and down Buck Hill | | Bike Infrastructure | Single track mountain bike trail | Notes
| Pending permits and agency approvals
08/18: Approval to build, will happen in November | | Links |
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| Dates | TBD | | Route | Old Colony Avenue | | Endpoints | Treble Circle to Kosciuszko Circle | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Resurface | | Bike Infrastructure | Bike lanes | Notes
| We recommend two-way cycletracks on the west side of Old Colony Ave to allow better access to JFK/UMass Station, and protected bike lanes to prevent the bike lanes from becoming double-parking lanes.
- Road diet: Buffered bike lanes painted in both directions | | Links | | | Photos | |
| Dates | 2015 - 06/30/2016 | | Route | Neponset River Greenway - Port Norfolk segment (Dorchester) | | Endpoints | Water Street to existing Neponset River Greenway | | Jurisdiction | Mass DCR | | Description | Environmental remediation, capping and landscaping of the former industrial site will create a new park, including a short segment of the Neponset River Greenway. | | Bike Infrastructure | Paved multi-use path | Notes
| - May: Paths have been paved
- Opening scheduled for 08/16 | | Links |
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| Dates | May - June 2016 | | Route | Route 138 at Route 128 / I-93 (Canton) | | Endpoints | Park and Ride lot to Homans Lane | | Jurisdiction | MassDOT | | Description | Resurfacing; northbound two left turn lanes to Reebok reduced to one; northbound lane merge moved north from Dunkin Donuts beyond the Park and Ride lot with a reduction of shoulder width | | Bike Infrastructure | Bike lanes (except from north of the Park and Ride lot to the corner of Royall Street) | Notes
| - May: road surface milled
- May 26: paving work has started
- July 21: paving work completed
- July 28: Center divider and some lane markings painted
- TBD: Bike lanes to be painted; bike-lane-width shoulders to be included north of Royall Street | | Links |
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| Dates | Spring - Summer 2016 | | Route | Needham Street Great Ditch Bridge (Dedham) | | Endpoints | 500 ft east and west of Great Ditch | | Jurisdiction | MassDOT and Town of Dedham (MassDOT manages bridge most projects) | | Description | The bridge was old, worn out and very narrow. The new design will be wider, with bike lanes and a sidewalk. | | Bike Infrastructure | Bike lanes on the bridge and leading to/from the bridge | Notes
| This bottleneck prevents some cyclists from using one of the few Route 128 crossings | | Links |
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SUMMARY:
June 10: Added 0.3 mile of bike lanes on Blue Hill River Road (DCR) June 11 & July 25: Added 2.2 miles of bike lanes on Unquity Road (DCR) July: Add 0.25 mile of sharrow markings on Randolph Avenue (DPW) September: Add crosswalks and sidewalks, replace 0.25 mile of bike lanes - Glover Safe Routes (MassDOT/DPW) October: Add 0.65 mile of multi-use path in Milton and 0.65 mile in Boston - Neponset Greenway (DCR) October: Add 2.1 miles of sharrow markings - Canton Avenue (DPW) October: Re-pave 1.1 mile of limited-access, multi-use road - Blue Hill summit road (DCR) October: TBD - Truman Parkway (DCR) December: Add 0.2 mile of multi-use path and 0.15 mile of bike lanes - Neponset Greenway Blue Hills Parkway crossing (DCR/DPW)
New 0.85 multi-use paths 2.65 bike lanes 2.35 sharrows
Improved 1.10 multi-use paths 0.25 bike lanes 0.00 sharrows
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