Some great news for the City of Lowell and commuters throughout the region, as the new Rourke Bridge appears to have a new timeline.
A response on a motion filed by City Councilor Dan Rourke regarding crosswalks at Rourke Bridge and VFW Highway includes an update on the new design/build start date for the bridge, which is now slated to begin in 2024. That timeline, according to the response, was revealed by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).
Councilor Rourke tells InsideLowell “๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐.”
(read the full motion response below)
