Public Meeting Notice  Rourke Bridge Replacement Project - in-person public information meeting

An In-Person Public Information Meeting will be hosted at Collegiate Charter School of Lowell, located at 1857 Middlesex Street, Lowell, MA 01851, to present a status update for the Rourke Bridge Replacement Project in Lowell.

Purpose

The purpose of this meeting is to update the public on the status of the Rourke Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will present the project background, the project design development, the schedule and construction phasing, public involvement, and next steps. The meeting will include a formal presentation followed by a Question-and-Answer (Q&A) session. All views and comments will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible. To provide comments and questions in advance of the meeting, please use this online comment form. To view the meeting live and virtually, please visit the Lowell TeleMedia Center, YouTube page, or tune to Channel 6 for Comcast customers in Lowell. A meeting recording will be posted to the project website for those who are unable to attend.

Proposal

The project replaces the temporary Rourke Bridge structure with a permanent bridge. The bridge will have increased capacity providing two travel lanes in each direction, shoulders, sidewalks, and shared use paths on either side of the bridge for pedestrians and cyclists. Intersections at either end of the bridge will be reconstructed, as well as portions of Wood Street, Pawtucket Boulevard, and Old Ferry Road. Landscaping and hardscaping improvements will be made within the project limits. The improvements include geometric changes, new signal systems, and roadway widening. Please visit the project website for more information. 

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 prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART, 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.