MassDOT is holding a Cape Cod Bridges Advisory Group meeting on Tuesday, September 8. It runs from 3 to 5 p.m. in the ballroom at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 20 Tower Lane in Buzzards Bay.
It is posted as a public meeting notice, so you can go.
The basics
- What: Cape Cod Bridges Advisory Group meeting
- When: Tuesday, September 8, 2026. 3 to 5 p.m.
- Where: Massachusetts Maritime Academy ballroom, 20 Tower Lane, Buzzards Bay
- Cost: Free
- Who runs it: MassDOT
If the weather is bad, MassDOT posts a cancellation on the meeting page.
What the Advisory Group is
It is a standing group MassDOT briefs on the bridge project. Town officials, regional agencies and other local stakeholders sit in it.
This is the eleventh meeting. The group has met ten times since May 2023, most recently on June 9. MassDOT posts the slides from each one on its documents page, which is the closest thing there is to a running record of what the project has told local officials and when.
What it is not
It is not a design public hearing like the one in July. There is no formal comment period attached to it, and nothing said in the room goes on a legal record the way a hearing comment does.
MassDOT describes it as a presentation and a discussion with stakeholders. Public questions come at the end, and MassDOT says that happens if time allows.
So it is worth going to hear what the project tells the town. It is a weaker place to be heard than a hearing.
What they will cover
MassDOT has not published an agenda.
Two things have moved since the group last met in June, so both are fair to expect. The federal environmental review finished and went on the record in August. And the ground testing for the new Sagamore started, which is the drilling and pile driving people near the canal are hearing now.
The other open item from the July hearing was the Bourne Select Board asking MassDOT for a written agreement covering the town during construction. MassDOT did not commit to one that night.
A 3 p.m. Tuesday is a hard time
If you work days, you probably cannot be in that room.
The comment form on the project website stays open all the time. It is not tied to this meeting, and it is not tied to any hearing. Anything you send through it reaches the project team.
The slides usually turn up on the MassDOT documents page afterward, so you can at least see what was shown.
The short version
Tuesday, September 8, 3 to 5 p.m., Mass Maritime in Buzzards Bay. You can attend. Questions at the end if there is time. If you cannot make a Tuesday afternoon, the project comment form is open year round.