Mattapoisett was awarded $450,000 as part of the MassDOT STRAP (Small Town Road Assistance Program) for a new emergency-vehicle traffic signal along County Road (Route 6) adjacent to the new Mattapoisett Fire Station currently being constructed. The traffic signal is a critical piece of the infrastructure necessary to allow for safe and efficient access to Route 6 while improving emergency response.
“This grant money will provide the much-needed traffic signal to allow our emergency responders safe entrance and exit from the station, as well as alerting motorists travelling on that stretch of roadway that emergency apparatus are exiting the fire station”, said Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett).
Town voters approved a new fire station at the 2018 Town Meeting, and the new fire station will be adjacent to the Mattapoisett Police Station. Construction began on the new facility in June of 2020 and the expected completion is slated for end of Summer 2021.
The road and traffic signal work associated with the new Mattapoisett station on Route 6 is also slated for state transportation funding as a result of a legislative earmark included by Rep. Straus in the 2020 statewide Transportation Bond Bill.