Building Bridges

Sagamore Bridge neighbors who stand to lose their homes for the replacement bridge, or who will end up living directly next to the bridge, spoke directly to the state’s head of the project at a public forum last night in Bourne.

Community meetings with the state's leader of the Cape bridges replacement project start Tuesday, April 15th. Meanwhile, the federal funding committed for the Sagamore has yet to hit state coffers.

The state Department of Transportation sent letters by mail and hand delivery last week to 15 property owners — 12 residential and three commercial.

The layouts aren’t final, but this is the first time the Massachusetts Department of Transportation has identified its top choices.

With federal priorities set to change under the Trump administration, some Cape Codders are wondering what will happen to the funding for the Bourne and Sagamore bridges.

Cape Cod leaders joined Gov. Maura Healey and the Massachusetts congressional delegation yesterday to hail the state’s winning of a major federal grant to replace the Sagamore Bridge.

The project to replace Cape Cod’s aging Bourne and Sagamore bridges reached a critical milestone with the announcement today of nearly one billion dollars in federal funding.

At the height of the summer season on Cape Cod, the Cape bridges are getting attention — not just from vacationers stuck in traffic, but also from political candidates.

Markey asked questions about some of the details, including how the years-long construction will affect traffic.

The latest plans for the new Bourne and Sagamore bridges were on view Monday at an open house in Bourne hosted by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.