Public Meeting Notice  District 5 Bridge Bundle Project

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is hosting a Live Virtual Public Information Meeting for the D5 Bridge Bundle project. At this meeting, the project team will update the public on the design and discuss early construction activities for the six bridge rehabilitation projects, located at:

• East Street over Route 3 in Duxbury;
• George Street over Copeland Drive in Mansfield;
• River Street over Plimoth Patuxet Highway and Jordan Road over Route 3 in Plymouth;
• Charge Pond Road over Route 25 in Wareham; and
• Pickens Street over Route 140 in Lakeville.

The meeting will begin with a presentation by the project team, followed by time for attendees to ask questions. The meeting will begin with a presentation by the project team, followed by time for attendees to ask questions.

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 DOT.FeedbackDistrict5@dot.state.ma.us or via US Mail to Suite 7210, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Major Projects, Project File No. 613005. Statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public meeting transcript must be emailed or postmarked no later than ten (10) business days after the meeting is posted to 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 hearing, 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.

About the Project:

MassDOT is rehabilitating eight (8) bridges, including bridge deck replacements, at six (6) locations throughout District 5 in Bristol and Plymouth Counties to improve the safety and life span of the bridges. The bridges cross over Route 3, Route 25, Route 140, Plimoth Patuxet Highway, and Copeland Drive. Proposed work also includes preservation activities involving full cleaning and painting of structural steel, steel repairs, bearing replacements, substructure repairs, and other ancillary repairs. In some instances, superstructure replacements may be considered.

Temporary traffic control will be employed to perform the required work.

This hearing will be hosted, or a cancellation announcement posted, on this website.