The state expects to take private properties for the new Bourne and Sagamore bridges but exactly which properties may not be finalized until 2025.
First, the proposed road layout around the bridges which includes multiple alternatives will undergo state and federal environmental review.
Bryan Cordeiro, project manager for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, discussed the upcoming steps in a public information session Wednesday.
“We're looking at being able to advance with the right-of-way process sometime in, like, early 2025 . but we're also going to strive to make contact with property owners sooner,” he said.
The state expects to launch the environmental review with a notification form to be published in May in the state’s Environmental Monitor, a publication that provides notice of new projects.
MassDOT and consulting engineers gave a presentation Wednesday focused on the roadway connections around the Sagamore Bridge. A meeting last
The state’s plan to replace the Cape Cod bridges could send the new Sagamore Bridge directly through the Round Hill subdivision off Sandwich Road. Longtime residents have a lot to say. CAI reporter Jennette Barnes went out to speak with them.
I’m knocking on doors in a small subdivision just west of the Sagamore Bridge, on the Cape side.
The bridge looms high behind Cecilia Terrace. This street is the closest in the neighborhood to where the new Sagamore will likely land.
Eleanor Gallo, who is 80 years old, answers the door of a blue ranch. She’s worried the state will take her house.
“They just said they're going to take everything on this street. … That's all I know,” she said.
The source of that information is unclear, and she doesn’t have anything in writing.
“But they took all the trees, and now you can hear trucks all night long,” she says, referring to a clearing near the bridge.