Neponset River Reservation

[1] It is adjacent to the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District along the River.

In February 2022, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced an $8.2 million project to construct a 0.7-mile shared-use path from Tenean Beach on the reservation to Morrissey Boulevard.

It will connect the Boston Harborwalk with Neponset via Morrissey (including a 670-foot boardwalk in the salt marshes near the National Grid gas tank).

The project will be one funded under the $9.5 billion in federal funds the state government received under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

[2][3] In March 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed 3.7 miles of the Neponset River, between Mother Brook in Hyde Park to the Lower Mills, on the National Priorities List of the Superfund program for remediation due to sediment containing elevated levels of PCBs.

Neponset River Reservation from Dorchester side; view to Milton on the other side of the river
Ventura Street Playground in the Reservation in Dorchester