Public Hearing Notice  Erving/Gill - Design Public Hearing webinar and comment period

A Virtual Design Public Hearing to present the design for the proposed Erving-Gill, E-10-014-G-04-009 (0UC), Route 2 Over Connecticut River, Protective Screening Installation.

Purpose:

The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed Erving-Gill Protective Screening Installation project. All views and comments submitted in response to the hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.

Proposal:

The project involves the reconstruction and widening of approximately 460 feet of existing reinforced concrete sidewalk located on the north side of Bridge Structure E-10-014-G-04-009 (0UC) above the steel truss portion of the bridge structure between the east and west pylons providing additional width for improved pedestrian access, installation of new BR-2 bridge railing mounted to the sidewalk adjacent to the westbound roadway, installation of refurbished or replicated northerly metal pedestrian bridge and the installation of 9’-0” high metal safety fence with curved top behind the northerly metal pedestrian rail mounted to the reconstructed sidewalk; reconstruction of approximately 460 feet of reinforced concrete safety walk located on the south side of Bridge Structure above the steel truss portions of the bridge structure between the east and west pylons, installation of new BR-2 bridge railing mounted to the safety walk adjacent to the eastbound roadway, installation of refurbished or replicated metal pedestrian rail and new 9’-0” high metal safety fence with curved top outside of the metal pedestrian rail; removal of the suspended steel inspection catwalk located midway between the north and south steel trusses.

Written statements and other exhibits regarding the proposed undertaking are to be submitted to Patricia A. Leavenworth, P.E., Chief Engineer, MassDOT, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Major Projects, Project File No. 608056. Mailed statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be postmarked no later than ten (10) business days after the hearing is posted to the MassDOT website listed below. Project inquiries may be emailed to dot.feedback.highway@state.ma.us.

This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (e.g interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, live captioning, videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity & Civil Rights Officer by phone at (857) 368-8580, TTD/TTY at (857) 266-0603, fax (857) 368-0602 or by email to MASSDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us. Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten business days before the meeting.

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