I was on the committee at the time. Unfortunately, the Mystic dam wasn't built with pedestrian crossing in mind, and one of the locks is left open for hours at a time for flood-control reasons. It doesn't have a spillway like the Charles dam.
I don't think this option is impossible, but it's not entirely straightforward to implement either.
In Google Earth view, it appears that the pedestrian route across the existing dam would be very indirect. You could only cross the wide lock at either end, not in the middle where you'd really want to.
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Date: 2015-11-14 05:45 pm (UTC)I don't think this option is impossible, but it's not entirely straightforward to implement either.
In Google Earth view, it appears that the pedestrian route across the existing dam would be very indirect. You could only cross the wide lock at either end, not in the middle where you'd really want to.