Massachusetts Will Take Over Homes to Build New Sagamore Bridge

Using their power of eminent domain, Massachusetts officials plan to take over homes near Cape Cod to build a replacement for the old Sagamore Bridge, which was built back in 1935.

They’ll use several properties in Round Hill as staging areas for equipment during construction, then turn them into public parks later. Marc and Joan Hendel are among the homeowners who will lose the house they worked so hard to buy.

“We were looking and looking. It was very hard to find a home out here that we could afford on the Cape,” said Marc Hendel to CBS Boston…

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