More than 200 people joined an online meeting last night on the Cape Cod bridge replacement plan, and many raised questions about the bridge locations, height, pedestrian safety, and other issues.
Mary Jane Mastrangelo, a member of the Bourne Select Board, said residents of the host community need more information from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and its consultants about properties that could be affected by the new, larger bridges.
“There was a comment that there was an impact on some Sagamore businesses on the canal,” she said. “What businesses are those? And how are those going to be impacted?”
Officials identified some of the properties that lie in the path of the proposed $4 billion project. Both bridges would be closer to the middle of the canal meaning the Bourne Bridge would move east, and the Sagamore Bridge would move west.
Further details regarding the likely design of the new Bourne and Sagamore bridges were revealed during a virtual bridges replacement meeting conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the
Construction won’t start for years, but officials have determined the types of bridges that should eventually replace the existing, outdated structures.