MASS HIGHWAY AND OUR DPW TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON RT 28 AND LUMBERTS MILL INTERSECTION

July 9, 2007 at 5:28 pm | Posted in C.O.M.M., barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, council president janet joakim, janet joakim, lumberts mill, marstons mills, osterville, route 28, rt. 28, seven villages, town of barnstable | 1 Comment

Important notice to all concerned about the installation of traffic lights

 at Lumberts Mill and Rt. 28

Mass Highway department has agreed to a public meeting for local input in regards to the planned traffic lights and/or mitigation for this intersection, the South County Rd and Rt 28 intersection and the Rt. 149 and Rt 28 intersection. 

The meeting will be held in the town hall hearing room -

Monday – July 30  at 7:00 pm

Please come to give support and input into these projects!


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  1. Below is a story posted from WCVB – it seems that the Casinos proposed in Middleboro would require state highway funds, projects that would be added to the lists and would be competing with projects we have all been waiting to see funded.

    Why would state funds have to be used for this project? The intimation has been that the costs for this project would be funded by the those who would profit from such a profit…

    Anyone who is familiar with the process to get approval, then funding, and then to actually see a shovel in the ground for any Mass Highway project knows that this would be a setback for all of us who have projects in the pipeline!

    From Channel 5 – thebostonchannel.com:
    BOSTON — With just days to go until a critical casino vote in Middleborough, the town’s proposed deal with the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe calls for a major investment in roads to make the $1 billion resort happen, and the state may be asked to pay for them.

    NewsCenter 5′s Gail Huff reported that community leaders said road improvements would be needed so that people could get to a new casino and the Wampanoags said they will ask for state and federal government help pay for the road work.

    Three interchanges on Route 44 would have to be revamped to handle the extra traffic that a new casino would generate, documents released Monday said. Routes 18 and 28 would also be widened and improved. The estimated costs for such improvements would be $172 million, but it’s unclear how much taxpayers would be asked to help fund. The tribe has yet to apply for federal or state funds.

    The town is expected to take a vote on the casino on Saturday following an official endorsement vote by town selectmen Monday night. Secretary of State William Galvin said he wants assurances there will be enough room at the weekend Town Meeting for all members to vote and he wants to know how the votes will be counted.

    “We intend to fully comply with whatever requirements they establish and we are prepared to do that,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Marsha Brunelle said.

    Under the proposed agreement, the tribe would pay the town $11 million a year to house the casino there, $4 million more than previously offered. The payment would be $7 million the first year and increase by 3.1 percent a year indefinitely. The proposed deal, posted on the town’s web site Monday, says the payment cannot exceed 2 percent of the casino’s net revenues in any year.

    The tribe will also pay an estimated $13 million for casino electricity and $12.4 million for the casion’s natural gas, under the plan. The tribe also agreed to build environmentally friendly buildings and no nude entertainment will be allowed.

    The Town Meeting at the high school is expected to be the largest town meeting in Middleborough’s history, with 15,000 of the town’s registered voters casting ballots. The town south of Boston has a population of 22,000 residents.

    If the town were to approve the casino deal, the proposal would have to go to state and federal governments for approval. The U.S. Department of the Interior would have to grant permission for the land to be turned into a reservation and the state would have to waive a prohibition on slot machines for casino plans to move forward. The Bush Administration has said it not approve any more requests from tribes to create more reservation lands.

    Comment by jjcc — July 24, 2007 #


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