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Article: Neponset River plan to be unveiled
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- January 5, 2008
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CANTON - Plans to restore the Lower Mills section of the Neponset
River will be unveiled Wednesday night at St. Gregory's School in
Dorchester.
The restoration, estimated to cost $7 million to $9 million,
would include the cleanup of toxic chemical waste and the possible
removal of two dams that would return the river to its natural flow.
Beginning in Foxboro, the Neponset River runs 17 miles through 14
towns including Quincy, Milton, Canton, Sharon and Westwood.
The restoration project would target a 5-mile stretch in Milton,
Hyde Park, Mattapan and part of Dorchester.
The Neponset River Watershed Association, a nonprofit
organization begun 40 years ago to clean the river, is ...