Transportation

Cape Cod officials say it’s time to extend daily commuter rail to the Cape — or at least as far as Buzzards Bay, to start.

To a packed room of more than 90 people, officials from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation revealed conceptual drawings showing potential changes to the rotary that straddles the Eastham-Orleans town line.

Drivers could have access to the rebuilt Sagamore Bridge sooner than they thought. Officials gave an update on the replacement of the two Cape Cod bridges.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is restarting the project after a dispute over the first contract award last year brought the plan to a halt.

The state did not expect to receive the money until late 2027 or early 2028, according to Luisa Paiewonsky, head of the project for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

The Cape Cod Commission has partnered with the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority this month to launch a two-year transit needs assessment aimed at better understanding how public transportation is serving Cape Cod and how it can be improved for daily travelers.

Route 28 improvements in Chatham, Dennis, Harwich, and Yarmouth — plus a big change to a Provincetown street and intersection — are among more than 15 priorities in a draft of Cape Cod’s five-year capital plan for federal transportation spending.

On the platform in Fall River, Ollie Couto said he remembers trains in the city during his childhood in the 1950s, and he’s glad they’re back after all these years.

The region hasn’t had a train to Boston since the 1950s, when highways became king. Now, after more than three decades of political promises and $1 billion spent, South Coast Rail is scheduled to open Monday.

An official at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tells CAI the Federal Railroad Administration gave the OK today.