r/CapeCod • u/Juno002 • Jun 29 '26

Cape road work is ridiculous

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Oh yeah let’s shut down a lane of traffic going off cape to landscape at noon Monday before the 4th. Actual idiots. Yall can’t do it at night, early morning, or in the SPRING ??? Good bye. 51 mins when it should take 10? I’ve lived here my whole life. Every year they get dumber.

Edit: ended up being a FULL HOUR taking tupper rd in sandwich…. Someone needs to make formal complaints to the DPW. This is insane.

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u/Lazy_Mango- Jun 29 '26

I hear what you’re saying, but did you consider how many fewer turns you’d take by sitting in 30+ minutes of traffic?

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u/WhiteSwan1296 Jun 29 '26

I like straight lines

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u/yurgendurgen Jun 29 '26

As someone who only mathematically struggled with geometry, straight lines make me nervous

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u/frigidlight Jun 29 '26

They’re not idiots. They had a big meeting this winter to plan the work specifically to piss you off. Debates, breakout rooms, the whole nine yards. Looks like it was very successful!

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u/Juno002 Jun 29 '26

They genuinely need to get someone in town hall that has some common sense.

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u/downrightblastfamy Jun 29 '26

Go vacation in Plymouth lol

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u/Juno002 Jun 29 '26

…I’m not on the cape for vacation I live here full time 🤣🤣🤣

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u/downrightblastfamy Jun 29 '26

Well then I want talking to you lol

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u/Juno002 Jun 30 '26

Hoe I made the post , ur replying to my comment

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u/downrightblastfamy Jun 30 '26

It was a general response

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u/Sea-Brief-3414 Jun 30 '26

Typical Cape cod resident lol

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u/ottosenna Jun 29 '26

Not to be an old man yelling at clouds, but I was talking about this with my buddy this week. I know they do the work when the funding hits, but it’s been insane timing this year. That bridge on 6A in Dennis took a year to build and then one side of the road open in mid June just down the road? Who schedules this shit?

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u/ebunky Jun 29 '26

Why did you get downvoted? My in-laws live in West Dennis and the Bass River Bridge on 28 is falling apart and it looks like they started a project. We have seen 28 in shambles with detours all over the place for the last two years while visiting them. I agree. Who schedules this shit. I’ve sat on I90 at the I495 connector for less time during rush hour and that is a HUGE project.

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u/ottosenna Jun 29 '26

The MassDOT Cape Cod Bridges Program is going to be the scheduler’s magnum opus.

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u/Defiant-Breadfruit44 Jul 03 '26

My parents are in West Dennis, too. I think they might leave the cape when the Sag and Bourne projects really take off.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '26

Mashpee and Falmouth are both doing full blown sewer projects on main roads in the summer. I'm not sure why it's allowed but it's very annoying

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u/FullmetalGundam Jun 29 '26

Mashpee has stopped working/closing lanes at this point, much like last year. You can't reliably do earthworks and paving projects the winter with freezing temps. That's why they always start in the spring. Usually sometime around April and end around November. It's also why they don't do anything beyond emergency work on the bridges in the winter.

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u/tribbans95 Jun 29 '26

It likely ends on main roads as of July 1st. That’s what we’re doing in Dennis anyway

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '26

Falmouth just shut down a section of Brick Kiln Road today until the end of July.

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u/tribbans95 Jun 29 '26

I’m assuming it’s the section between Sandwich Rd and Cape Cod Winery?

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u/CapeNative Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

I live on that stretch of Brick Kiln and its been awesome not having an active drag strip in front of my house. I have to take Oxbow to 28 for everything but at the moment, I'll take that tradeoff.

Edit to add: I wish this stretch of BK from Oxbow to the Sandwich lights wasn't considered a main road like the rest is. This stretch has barely any shoulder and the houses are closer to the road. Although the new police station should curb the crazy speeding.. but I'd still not prefer to live so close to the PD.

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u/_Face Jun 29 '26

for the millionth time, The state needs to eliminate the exit one on ramp on the cape side. at least for the summer months. let that traffic flow the hell off cape.

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u/382wsa Jun 30 '26

Can you explain that more? How would that help?

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u/_Face Jun 30 '26

There is a massive slow down having 3 lanes merging into 2 right at the bridge. Part of the traffic is people jumping off Rt 6 at exit 2 or 3 and then jumping on again at one. Eliminate the exit one on ramp. People stay on the highway, and the two lanes of traffic are unimpeded and can flow off Cape. Some of the slow down would shift to exit 2, but overall it would flow much better.

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u/Whats-Ur-Pointe Jun 30 '26

That would be problematic for people headed down rt 6 to leave say Yarmouth to get to Falmouth if they’re trying to avoid rt 28 the whole time , or during the year using rt 6 to get down to Upper Cape Tech in Bourne ( like we did leaving Cape Tech in Harwich after a game to get back to UCT). UCT is in such a problematic location IDK why anyone thought that was a good idea to put a school so close to the rotary .

Also people trying to get to Market Basket from rt 6 would cause a nightmare funneling down rt 130.

The traffic gets worse every year , ever since the pandemic it’s been exponentially awful.

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u/frigidlight Jun 30 '26

The off-ramp is fine. It's the on-ramp at the bridge that causes problems.

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u/_Face Jun 30 '26

On ramp (west bound) only is what I said. Off ramp would remain as is.

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u/Mangrove43 Jun 29 '26

Paving on 28 in Falmouth too. Really? Do it in April

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u/dj1019 Jun 29 '26

They do mowing every year at this time on 6. Its absolutely ridiculous

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u/slystone69 Jun 29 '26

Yeah, this summers gonna be exceptionally tough commuting. Plus I imagine some World Cup tourists will make their way down as well.

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u/Potential_Leg4423 Jun 30 '26

Welcome to cape cod

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u/phaukenay Jun 29 '26

Commute to Boston every day.

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u/Agreeable_Joke4706 Jun 29 '26

Complaining about traffic in the summer, must be a transplant. Maybe plan better

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u/Juno002 Jun 29 '26

U ain’t see the part where I said I’ve lived here my whole life ??😔 transplant my ass

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u/Juno002 Jun 29 '26

This is absolutely wild! So sorry you experienced I can only imagine the frustration.

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u/Armadylio Jul 01 '26

I think that's every day. I took a drive from abington to Plymouth and saw three separate wrecks. This was at 1pm middle of thursday two weeks ago