Public Meeting Notice  New Bedford – I-195/Route 18 Interchange Rehabilitation

• Aviso de una reunión virtual de información pública - New Bedford - 6/26/25
• Aviso de uma reunião virtual de informação pública - New Bedford - 6/26/25

A live virtual Public Information Meeting will be held via Zoom to discuss the New Bedford I-195/Route 18 Interchange Rehabilitation Project.

Purpose

The purpose of this meeting is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed project. All views and comments submitted in response to the meeting will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.

Proposal

The proposed project consists of replacing the structurally deficient 15-span viaduct carrying I-195 over County Street, State Street, Purchase Street, Mass Coastal Railroad, and Route 18 Northbound and Southbound. Additionally, the multi-span structures carrying Ramps C and F will be replaced. These structures will be replaced with longer-span structures creating a more open space under the viaduct and providing improved views from the north looking south. Additionally, the bridge parapets on the structures carrying I-195 over North Front Street, Belleville Avenue, and the Acushnet River will be replaced with new parapets conforming to current design criteria. The existing retaining wall along Cedar Grove Street that supports embankment I-195 between Ramp A and County Street will be replaced with a new, taller retaining wall to support the widened and re-aligned I-195. A noise barrier wall will be constructed along the north side of I-195 between Mount Pleasant Street and Purchase Street with a portion of the noise barrier being ground mounted and portions being mounted on structure. A new retaining wall will also be constructed between Ramp C and Coggeshall Street to provide room for a new multi-use path. The proposed Project will provide bridge and roadway safety improvements and MassDOT will use staged construction to maintain existing two travel lanes of I-195 in each direction during construction.

Project inquiries, written statements and other exhibits regarding the proposed undertaking may be submitted to Carrie E. Lavallee, P.E., Chief Engineer, via e-mail to i195route18newbedford@dot.state.ma.us or via US Mail to Carrie Lavallee, P.E., Chief Engineer, MassDOT, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Project Management, Project File No. 606527-127763. Statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public meeting transcript must be emailed or postmarked no later than ten (10) business days (14 calendar days) after the meeting is hosted on the MassDOT website listed below.

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 and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), TTD/TTY at (857) 266-0603, fax (857) 368-0602 or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible and 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.

Notice of cancelation or updates to this meeting will be posted on this webpage.