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Uxbridge committee presses for short-term safety steps, votes to convene DCR and MassDOT for a feasibility study
Summary
The East Hartford Ave Causeway Committee voted to meet with state agencies to shape a feasibility study for widening and rehabilitating the causeway; members also agreed on low-cost short-term actions such as pedestrian warning signs and traffic counts while longer-term design and funding are pursued.
The East Hartford Ave Causeway Committee voted to ask state agencies to join a feasibility planning meeting and discussed a package of short- and long-term steps to reduce safety risks on the narrow causeway.
The committee approved a motion to invite the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to a joint meeting so the study scope will meet state as well as local needs. Speaker 4 moved that “we do as Beta suggested and have a meeting with, DCR and the DOT” and the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Why it matters: the causeway combines two roadway structures and a dam; committee members said the crossing is narrow, creates conflicts between trucks, cars and pedestrians, and has recurring maintenance and permitting complexity because multiple agencies have jurisdiction. Speaker 3 summarized longer-term financing scenarios the committee has considered, saying preliminary modeling showed a $12,000,000 bond with roughly $1 million a year in…
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