EAST SANDWICH Frustration is mounting over how a small kettle pond will be restored after a railroad embankment failed in October and left thousands of cubic feet of material in the water.
On Oct. 27, about 300 feet of track along the Mass Coastal Railroad fell into a sinkhole, along with brush and earth, and into the adjacent pond, which is known by neighbors as Lily Pond.
The exact cause of the failure is unknown.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation brought an application before the Conservation Commission Jan. 20 to restore the embankment within the existing footprint to restore train service.
The application is an after-the-fact permit since repairs have already been made. The state was granted an emergency certification in order to conduct the work at the beginning of November.
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The meeting comes following a petition calling for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct a highway safety evaluation along the road, especially at busy intersections like Sam Turner Road, Sandwich Road and Currier Road. (Shutterstock)
FALMOUTH, MA Route 151, a 7-mile straightaway cutting through Falmouth and Mashpee, is a busy road that allows drivers to avoid much of Route 28, but according to town officials the number of crashes on the road has long been a problem.
And following the death of a 4-year-old boy in a Route 151 crash last week, the Falmouth Select Board will hold a meeting Monday to discuss safety issues along the road. The police chief, public works department and the area s three state legislators have all been invited to the meeting.
MARLBOROUGH Developers of a proposed 140-unit apartment complex at the former McGee Farm property on Boston Post Road East (Rte. 20) pledged $200,000 to study, design and construct a traffic light at the entrance of the facility.
But members of the City Council’s Urban Affairs Committee continued to stress they cannot support the project without a guarantee from the state that a traffic light will be installed.
Waypoint Residential, a Stamford, Connecticut-based development company, is seeking a special permit to build a three-building apartment complex at the site. The company initially planned to build a 188-unit, four-building development, but scaled back its proposal in response to concerns from neighbors and city leaders.
Exit renumbering project moves to part of Route 128 in February
Statewide project anticipated to last through summer of 2021 Share Updated: 2:45 PM EST Jan 27, 2021 Crew updates exit sign numbering on Route 140 in Taunton.
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Statewide project anticipated to last through summer of 2021 Share Updated: 2:45 PM EST Jan 27, 2021 The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is getting ready to switch the exit signs along part of Route 128 to a mileage-based system.Work on the signs along Route 3 is expected to be finished on Tuesday and installations along Route 128 from Gloucester to Peabody will begin Wednesday. The swapping of signs along that part of Route 128 is expected to last about eight days, MassDOT officials said. The exit numbers are being changed by MassDOT to comply with federal highway mandates, which require mile-based exit signs. Massachusetts is one of three states that have not yet begun any sort of