from Dorchester Reporter

The expansion of the popular Neponset Greenway trail hit a potentially fatal roadblock this week, as two state agencies are at odds over the creation of a grade crossing at the Mattapan Square T station that is essential to the trail’s construction under current plans.

The state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is attempting to extend the Greenway trail by one mile to connect the riverside path from Pope John Paul II Park to another state trail along a parkway in Hyde Park. The trail currently ends at Central Avenue in Milton. (Read the full story here.)