The Andover Patch posted a story on November 13 on the potential traffic impact of the proposed Dascomb Road Project, using data from the previously-posted TEC, Inc. traffic study commissioned by Lupoli Companies.
According Lupoli’s own traffic study, the project would create nearly 10,000 trips in and out of the development every weekday once construction is completed. Currently, about 26,000 vehicles travel on Dascomb Road each weekday, according to MassDOT, but that number has been steadily increasing in recent years.
According to MassDOT, traffic volume on the on- and off- ramps to Dascomb Road in both directions on Interstate 93 have been steadily increasing at a rate of 2-3% annually. That was until 2016, when the northbound on and off ramps saw a sudden, 6% spike in traffic volume.
There has been a fairly significant amount of local media coverage on the project, including letters to the editor from residents both in favor of and opposed to the project. We will update the In the News page to capture some of this over the next week.