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To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain taking such interests, including temporary and permanent easements, within certain parcels of land abutting Route 151 (Nathan Ellis Highway) for the purposes of constructing, reconstructing, and installing roadway improvements within said Route 151 from the Mashpee Rotary to the intersection with Old Barnstable Road pursuant to the Route 151 Corridor Improvement Project (Phase 1) and to accept within the public layout of Route 151/ Old Barnstable Road certain areas, all as more particularly shown and described on a plan entitled " Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division Plan and Profile of Nathan Ellis Highway (Route 151) Corridor Improvements in the Town of Mashpee, Barnstable County, Preliminary Right of Way Plans", dated October 2020, and prepared by Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., as revised, which plan/layouts shall have been filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, not later than seven days prior to the date of the vote hereunder, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into such agreements or adopt such orders as may be required to acquire by gift, purchase or take by eminent domain any land or interests necessary for the purposes of such ways as so laid out, and to appropriate and transfer a sum of money from available funds to be determined by appraisal and/or to raise said appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to borrow at one time, or from time to time, under and pursuant to Chapter 44 Section 7 or 8 or any other enabling authority for such purchase or taking and layout, including costs of constructing such ways and legal, financing and other costs incidental and related thereto; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article authorizes the acquisition of a portion of the properties, temporarily or permanently, for completion of the Route 151 Corridor Improvement Project. The project limits are from approximately 900 feet west of the Old Barnstable Road intersection to the Mashpee Rotary. Improvements will include: ■ Construction of a sidewalk on the south side of the road from Old Barnstable Road to Job's Fishing Road; ■ Widening of the existing multi -use path on the north side of the road and extension of the path from Frank E. Hicks Drive to Market Street; ■ Reconfiguration of intersection/upgrade of traffic signals at Old Barnstable Road, at Frank E. Hicks Drive/Job's Fishing Road and at Market Street; ■ Improvement of drainage along the corridor; ■ Provision of bike lanes along the corridor; ■ Repaving of the road. 15