Route 6 Project Summary

Route 6 Project Summary

The project is located within the Town of Welfleet, MA. The limits of the project extend from the Wellfleet/Eastham town line through Wellfleet to the Wellfleet/Truro town line.  The project is approximately 7.2 miles.  The primary purpose of this project is a Pavement Preservation project to address deteriorating roadway pavement conditions and will consist of pavement resurfacing (mill & overlay) and restriping.  Guardrail and catch basins will also be upgraded to meet the latest design guidance.

In addition to the main purpose of pavement preservation, MassDOT is striving to upgrade the existing pedestrian, bicycle, and transit accommodations, to the extent feasible. In preparation for the pavement preservation project, a comprehensive inventory of multimodal recommendations from previous studies were reviewed/compiled.  The documents reviewed focused on those that address bicycle and/or pedestrian planning recommendations on the Outer Cape.  The recommendations include those made within previous studies, to the extent feasible, given the primary objective of pavement preservation. 

As feasible, in addition to the primary goal of resurfacing and restriping, MassDOT has incorporated the following improvements identified in the studies reviewed:

In concert with the pavement resurfacing, the 38’ wide (curb-to-curb) roadway will be restriped to incorporate 11’ travel lanes, 3’ buffers (2’ min) and 5’ bicycle lanes.

Wellfleet/Eastham town line: Addressing inadequate merge length, transit improvements, 500’ of new 5.5’ wide sidewalk, a new marked crossing and ADA compliant ramps.

Route 6 at Marconi Beach intersection: Minor intersection geometry/safety improvements to tighten radii, transit improvements, 575’ of new 5.5’ wide sidewalk, three new crossings and improvements to the existing crossing, ADA compliant ramps, new pushbuttons/pedestrian signal heads. 

Route 6 at Old Country Road intersection: 500’ of new 5.5’ sidewalk, two new bus stops, new crossings and ADA compliant ramps.

5.Cove Road to the location of the future CCRT Extension trailhead: Geometric/lane configuration improvements, transit improvements, 1,375’ of new 5.5’ wide sidewalk, new/improved crossings and ADA compliant ramps.

Main Street to School Street/Gross Hill Road/Lawrence Street: Construction of 1,500 LF of 10' wide shared use path along the east side of Route 6, improved crosswalk, Improved crossing at intersection, ADA compliant ramps, and new pushbutton/pedestrian signal heads