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BPD shutting roads across city

by Adam  Gaffin
Thursday Jun 2, 2022

Effort to deter weekend ATVers, dirt bikers, partiers

What began as a shutdown of the roads in Franklin Park Thursday nights through Sunday mornings has now expanded to numerous other street across Boston, BPD reports.

The department posted a list of streets it's now blocking with barriers between 10 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays and 5 a.m. the following day, including the roads inside Franklin Park:

Dorchester: Talbot Avenue at Bernard Street. Westview Street at Westview Way in Franklin Field.

Jamaica Plain: South Street in the Arboretum between Washington and Bussey streets.

Mattapan: American Legion Highway at Blue Hill Avenue.

Newmarket Square: Newmarket Square at Southampton Street, Massachusetts Avenue and Theodor Glenn Way.

Roslindale/Mattapan: Canterbury Street from Walk Hill Street to Morton Street.

Roxbury: Hampden Street in the area of Norfolk Avenue and Howard Street. Proctor Street between Norfolk and Massachusetts avenues.