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Hyannis access study...
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plans for the widening of Route
28 from the Yarmouthtown line to
the rotary are inadequate because
they don't attempt to address
the rotary.
"If we don't fixthe airport rotary,
then you're giving up on half of
Hyannis," Niedzwiecki said.
Recalling her eight years as
the Hyannis Area Chamber of
Commerce 's executive director ,
Cape Cod Chamber CEO Wendy
Northcross said that the second
question after, "Where do the
Kennedys live?" was "What the
hell is that?" with respect to the
rotary.
Cynthia Cole , executive direc-
tor of the Hyannis Main Street
Business Improvement District ,
raised several community char-
acter concern s about current and
future solutions to rescue Hyannis
from traffic congestion.
"It fails and it's terrible from a
traffic standpoint , but it's really
pretty, " Cole said.
Gefrich said that comment has
as much to do with finding awork-
able and appropriate solution as
the engineered solution.
"People didn't know what it was,
but they knew it was something,"
Gefrich said, hitting on the com-
munity character theme. "I think
that's a very critical point that
you make."
Former Barnstable DPW su-
perintendent Tom Mullen under-
stands the problem. He said it's
"very difficult to come up with
something that works better."
"You're damned if you do and
you're damned if you don't... but
that's why you're here ," Mullen
said. -
A current hope for the rotary
based on plans under review is the
airport access road for the new
terminal at Barnstable Munici-
pal Airport . This would provide
alternate access into the airport
from Attucks Lane and also close
off the airport-side of Barnstable
Road from the rotary.
That proposal is contained in
the airport' s development of re-
gional impact application before
the Cape Cod Commission. Also
proposed is another light on Route
132 at Nightingale Road connect-
ing the airport property with a
signalized intersection before
traffic enters the rotary.
Next Steps
Planning study coordinator
Adriel Edwards of EOT summed
up thoughts on Exit 6 1/2 from
the initial task force meeting on
May 12. It was felt that the task
force was divided into two camps:
those eager for a new interchange
and those more cautious about
the need.
That was among the reasons
why this second meeting reviewed
all of the projects under construc-
tion and in the planning stages
that could affect the question of
Exit 6 1/2.
For Shirley Gomes, the retiring
Lower Cape state representative ,
the problem isn't Hyannis, it's
getting there.
"This place was number one in
my heart for years," Gomes said.
"As a teenager, this was the place
to be. Now it's a place to avoid."
Planning is under way for traffic
count locations throughout the
study area in July.
The task force islooking at dates
in August and September for its
next meeting.
For additional information on the Hyannis
Access Study, log qm to www.hyannis-access.
com
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*\ WINDSOCK
Governor won't govern
Cape Wind
Language allowing the Mas-
sachusetts governor to block de-
velopment of offshore wind power
will be removed from pending
federal legislation, two senators
announced this week.
Sen. Pete Domenici , chair-
man of the energy and natural
resources committee , and its
ranking member, Jeff Bingaman,
reported reaching an agreement
with senators Ted Kennedy and
Ted Stevens.
The ability of the commandant
of the U.S. Coast Guard to set
standards for navigational safety
related to the project remains.
Barney Frank backs
wind generators in
Sound
Like Walter Cronkite before
him, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank says
he has been talked out of his op-
position to building a wind farm
in Nantucket Sound.
Cronkite stepped down as a
spokesman for the Alliance to
Protect Nantucket Sound after
a conversion experience ema-
nating from a lengthy meeting
with Cape Wind President Jim
Gordon. Now Frank , who repre-
sents nearby South Coast towns
such as New Bedford , is citing "a
series of forceful and thoughtful
arguments against my position
from people in my district and
elsewhere " as turning the tide.
In a statement released last
week, Frank said he would no
longer defer to the position of his
colleague in whose district the
wind farm would be built - Rep.
Bill Delahunt - and said there is
"no significant basis"for concerns
about "undue damage"to birds or
fishing opportunities. As for aes-
thetic arguments, Frank brushed
them aside , declaring that none
of these complaints "rises to the
level of significance that should
be allowed to interfere with avery
important non-polluting source
of energy... "
Navigation remains a concern
for Frank , but less so in the "open
waters" of Nantucket Sound. A
proposed 120-tower wind farm in
the Buzzards Bay portion of his
district needs very careful study,
the congressman said.
At no point does Frank spe-
cifically endorse the Cape Wind
proposal.
Alliance issues Boater's
Guide
With nary a word about the
proposed Cape Wind Associates
wind farm, the Alliance to Protect
Nantucket Sound, in its role as
Nantucket Soundkeeper, has pub-
lished the 2006 Boater 's Guide to
Nantucket Sound.
The glossy 48-page book, which
could fit inthe back pocket of apair
of Dockers, contains tide tables, a
natural history of the Sound, and
useful information about protect-
ingit,including locations of pump-
out stations.
A release notes that the publica-
tion is available at "marinas, tackle
shops,yacht clubs,harbormasters,
and the MassachusettsMarine and
Recreational Vehicles Division of-
fice in Hyannis." You can also get
a copy by calling 508-775-9767 or
going to www.NantucketSound-
keeper.org.
Audubon's Clarke favors
wind
Mass Audbon's Jack Clarke reit-
erated the organization'squalified
support of the Cape Wind project
Saturday at the annual meeting of
Clean Power Now in Hyannis:
"...our opinionisthat Cape Wind
willnot pose an ecologically signifi-
cant threat to birds and associated
marine habitat. That's our conclu-
sion on what we know now."
Clarke was quoted in a press
release prepared by Clean Power
Now media adviser Jack Coleman,
a former Cape Cod Times reporter,
that read more like a news story.
The release noted Clark's an-
nouncement that Audubon plansto
build a meteorological tower at its
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to
measure the potential for extract-
ing power from the wind there.
HYANNIS TRAFFIC
IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS
Bearse's Way
STATUS: Under construction, 60% complete
KEY ISSUES: Improve travel between Route132and
Route 28, Provide better access to the mall
Willow Street
STATUS: Under construction, 33% complete
KEY ISSUES: Willow Street is a major corridor to most
Hyannis destinations, including the hospital , downtown,
the transportation center, the mall, an existing traffic
bottleneck; safety of exiting Route 6 towards Hyannis
will be addressed
Route 132
STATUS: construction pending, bid opening
later this summer
DESCRIPTION : Road widening - 2 to 4 lanes (Route 6
to Bearse's Way - 2 miles); installation of 3 new signals
(Shootflying Hill Road, Huckins Neck , at end of Route 6
ramps); construction of extra turning lane at Phinney's
Lane; adds shoulders; widens sidewalk
KEY ISSUES: Project improves two high accident
locations , current width insufficient to support traffic
now and in future
Airport Improvement Project
STATUS: Under environmental review
DESCRIPTION A new 42,000 sf terminal, closing of
the access points on the rotary, new access road con-
necting terminal to Aftucks Way, access point from Route
28 east of the rotary, access point from Nightingale Lane
on Route 132 west of the rotary
Regional and local impacts, airport will be able to
support substantially more traffic
Improve traffic operations in vicinity
Yarmouth Road
STATUS: Project in conceptual phase ,
discussions under way with EOT regarding
railroad crossing
DESCRIPTION: Construction of a new road roughly
parallel to Yarmouth Road, new road would connect
Yarmouth Road to Mary Dunn Way at Rosary Lane,
new signals proposed at Yarmouth Road, Route 28
Mary Dunn Way, would cross railroad tracks , safety
gates at RR Xing
Other Projects
• Widening of Route 28 from Yarmouth line to Ro-
tary
• Widening of Route 28 from Bearse's Way to
Pitcher 's Way
• Growth Incentive Zone activities
Source: EOT Presentation Document. For additional information
on the Hyannis Access Study, log on to www.hyannii-9ccess.com
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