MARSHFIELD-PEMBROKE - CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS ON ROUTE 139 (PLAIN STREET)

The project includes infrastructure improvements on Route 139 between the School Street and Furnace Street intersection approaches, a distance of approximately 4975 feet. The existing roadway section within the project includes one travel lane in each direction whereas the roadway sections at each end of the project include two travel lanes in each direction. Traffic bottlenecks occur where the two travel lanes on the approaches to the project merge to one. The project includes construction of two 12-foot travel lanes in each direction and two 6-foot shoulders, with 6-foot wide sidewalks on each side, resulting in a total proposed roadway section of 72 feet. Route 139 within the project is significantly developed, with commercial retail development as the predominant land use. Because the existing 65-foot wide right of way is insufficient for the proposed roadway section of 72 feet, all adjacent properties are impacted by the project. Impacts include loss of real estate, frontage landscaping, fence relocations or removal, parking, proprietary sign relocations or redesign, detention basin and proprietary drainage system relocation or redesign, and driveway reconstruction.