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DCR Press Advisories
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Traffic Advisories
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Morrissey Boulevard
(English, PDF 341.48 KB)
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Morrissey Boulevard in Boston
(English, PDF 348.88 KB)
Sunday, March 30, 2025 - Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Furnace Brook Parkway in Quincy
(English, PDF 342.9 KB)
Thursday, March 27, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025 (excluding weekends)
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Riverbend Park/Memorial Drive in Cambridge
(English, PDF 374.06 KB)
Sunday, April 27, 2025 – Sunday, November 9, 2025
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road in Boston and Memorial Drive in Cambridge
(English, PDF 358.52 KB)
Sunday, March 23, 2025, - Friday, April 18, 2025
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DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Drive and River Street in Cambridge
(English, PDF 341.74 KB)
Friday, March 14, 2025 – Friday, April 11, 2025
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DCR Traffic and Recreational Advisory: Eliot Bridge
(English, PDF 378.98 KB)
Monday, March 3, 2025 - Friday, April 4, 2024 (excluding weekends)
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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: Mass Central Rail Trail in Waltham
(English, PDF 340.92 KB)
Monday, March 31, 2025 – Friday, April 25, 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Cape Cod Rail Trail
(English, PDF 190.42 KB)
Monday, March 31, 2025 – Monday, April 7, 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: Draw Seven Park
(English, PDF 341.92 KB)
Thursday, January 30, 2025 – Spring 2026
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Ryan Playground
(English, PDF 339.91 KB)
Monday, January 27, 2025 - Friday, June 20, 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Walden Pond State Reservation
(English, PDF 354.51 KB)
Monday, January 20, 2025 – fall 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Appalachian Trail at East Mountain State Forest
(English, PDF 374.93 KB)
Effective immediately
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UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Boxford State Forest Reopened
(English, PDF 354.46 KB)
Effective immediately
Open PDF file, 362.39 KB,
UPDATE: DCR Recreational Advisory: Temporary Open Flame and Charcoal Fires at Massachusetts State Parks Ban Lifted
(English, PDF 362.39 KB)
Effective Immediately
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Charlesbank Playground
(English, PDF 363.37 KB)
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – Summer 2025
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DCR Recreational Advisory: Boston Agency-Managed Ice Rinks Open for the Season on Black Friday
(English, PDF 398.68 KB)
Friday, November 29, 2024 – Sunday, April 13, 2025
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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, 302 KB,
DCR Recreational Advisory: McMorrow Softball Fields 1 & 2 at Victory Road Park in Dorchester
(English, PDF 302 KB)
October 7, 2024 – April 11, 2025
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DCR Advises Campers to Protect Themselves Against Ticks
(English, PDF 343.2 KB)
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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
Pedestrian Advisories
DCR Parking Advisories
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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
Winter Storm Advisories
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DCR Winter Storm Advisory: Various Agency-Managed Parkways
(English, PDF 407.52 KB)
The timing of DCR parking bans will be in accordance with local municipal parking bans in which DCR roads are located – please refer to local parking ban announcements.
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