The first of Cape Cod’s long-awaited bridge replacements is moving ahead, with Steven Tupper, deputy director of the Cape Cod Commission, saying the new Sagamore Bridge is fully funded at $2.1 billion and could begin carrying traffic by 2033, according to the Cape Cod Chronicle.
For drivers hoping the project would also bring capacity upgrades on Route 6, however, the answer is no — plans for the bridge work do not include capacity upgrades on either Route 6 or Route 3, even as officials press ahead with one of the region’s biggest infrastructure overhauls.
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At an Oct. 8 event in Harwich hosted by the Council on Aging and Brooks Free Library, Tupper, deputy director of the Cape Cod Commission, gave an update on the bridge schedule.
Roughly 70 people attended, and many asked how the bridge replacements might affect traffic beyond the canal crossings…