THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – HIGHWAY DIVISION NOTICE OF A PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING Project File No. 606527 A Public Informational Meeting will be held by MassDOT to discuss the proposed Superstructure Replacement, N-06-020, I-195 (EB & WB) Ramp C & F over ST 18, County Street, State Street, Mass Coastal Railroad, Purchase Street, Weld Street, Includes Replacing N-06-046, I-195 (EB) Ramp F over Weld Street in New Bedford, MA. WHERE: Hayden McFadden Elementary School, Auditorium 361 Cedar Grove St, New Bedford, MA 02746 New Bedford, MA 02746 WHEN: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 @ 6:30 pm PURPOSE: The purpose of this meeting is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed Superstructure Replacement, N-06-020, I-195 (EB & WB) Ramp C & F over ST 18, County Street, State Street, Mass Coastal Railroad, Purchase Street, Weld Street, Includes Replacing N-06-046, I-195 (EB) Ramp F over Weld Street project. All views and comments made at the meeting will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible. PROPOSAL: The proposed project consists of a full replacement of the I-195 bridge between County Street and Route 18 NB. The new bridge will be constructed with longer spans with half the number of piers providing for a more open feel and sightlines. The bridge and ramps will be widened to improve geometry between the Route 18 Ramps (C and D). The scope will also include the full replacement of the aforementioned Ramps C, D and F; noise wall construction along Cedar Grove Street between Purchase Street and Mt. Pleasant Street; new retaining wall along Cedar Grove Street between County Street and westbound on-ramp (Ramp A); highway drainage system; landscape improvements including paved shared use paths in accordance with applicable design guides, ornamental lights and benches in the Route 18 infields; new roadway lighting; ornamental bridge lighting; milling and paving impacted streets, reconstructed parking lots and skate park under I-195 near Hayden McFadden Elementary School; and new medians, parapets and fascia painting on the bridges carrying I-195 over North Front Street, Belleville Avenue, and the Acushnet River. This location is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT's Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), fax (857-368-0602), TTD/TTY (857-368-0603) or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten (10) business days before the meeting. In the event of inclement weather, a cancellation announcement will be posted on the internet at https://www.mass.gov/orgs/highway-division/events JONATHAN GULLIVER HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR CARRIE E. LAVALLEE CHIEF ENGINEER 9392541 10/13 10/19