Aquatic Center Dedication Ceremony Directions

Thank you for planning to attend the Dedication Ceremony of the Michael S. Dukakis Aquatic Center and/or Grandparents and Special Friends Day.

Please follow the directions below.

Parking Instruction

If you are attending the Dedication Ceremony or both events, please park at our upper lot located right off Route 9 just passed our main facility.

If you are only attending Grandparents and Special Friends Day, you may park in either the lower or upper parking lots.

Please check this page again before coming to the June 20th events for more specific information.

From the Mass Pike :

On the Massachusetts Turnpike from either the East or West, take Exit 12. Bear left off the exit onto Route 9 West (towards Marlboro/Worcester). LANDMARK: The Sheraton Tara (large, castle-like hotel) will be right at the junction of Rte 9 and the Mass Pike. Go straight through the set of traffic lights after the Sheraton and continue on Route 9 into Southborough.  After passing a strip mall/shops on the right, you will see police detail in front of NECC directing traffic for the event.   Proceed past Willow Street and enter into the parking lot on the right just after our main school building on the right.

From Route 495:

Take 495 to Exit 23A/Route 9 East. Follow Route 9 East for 3.8 miles. Take Route 30/Crossing Blvd, Staples Drive exit. Take a left off the exit (at light) onto Crossing Blvd over route 9. At the next set of lights take a right, which will loop you around back onto Route 9 West. After passing a strip mall/shops on the right, you will see police detail in front of NECC directing traffic for the event.