DCR Traffic Advisory: Morrissey Boulevard will be potentially/partially closed due to expected flooding this week.
Due to the potential high tides and minor coastal flooding forecasted, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is preparing for potential lane and/or road closures to occur along Morrissey Boulevard (both directions) from Freeport Street to UMass Boston in the City of Boston starting Tuesday, September 17, 2024, and continuing through Sunday, September 22, 2024.
Anticipated high tide times are as follows:
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 11:22 p.m.
Thursday, September 19, 2024, 12:14 a.m.
Thursday, September 19, 2024, 12:38 p.m.
Friday, September 20, 2024, 1:05 a.m.
Friday, September 20, 2024, 1:26 p.m.
Saturday, September 21, 2024, 2:16 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
Traffic patterns will be clearly marked, and DCR operations staff will be on site. A police detail may be on site as needed if the off ramp from Interstate 93 requires closure.
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
On the Morrissey Boulevard closures,typical example of the ass backwards way the state of Massachusetts does things,they repair the roadway and looks like their doing the sidewalks over also,but doesn’t fix the problem of way the roadway is deteriorating,I just read last month how the state of New Hampshire got a 35 million dollar grant to build a sea wall somewhere up there,what’s wrong with our state getting something like that,and here I thought our Governor and Joe Biden were close