206 Bypass Project Paves Way for 'Main Street'
District of shops, homes and parks will emerge in soon-to-be-constructed town center.
Editor's note: This is the last of a three-part series on the history of the Route 206 Bypass, the challenges, setbacks and what lies ahead. Read Part I: 38 Years Later, Still a Long Road for Route 206 Bypass Read Part II: Building Boom Shaped Current Bypass Project After all these years, a piece of Americana is planned for Hillsborough in the form of a town center as part of the Route 206 Bypass project. The vision is that the vehicle-crammed highway, now lined with a chaotic mix of shopping centers, a few homes, strip malls and an occasional garden center, would be transformed into an orderly neighborhood of shops, green spaces, walking areas, homes and public buildings. The town’s master plan, revised in 2005 to accommodate a town …
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LM7
11:24 am on Thursday, April 5, 2012
I believe it was Montgomery who dictated how the bypass would be built in Hillsborough for them to even agree to the bypass!!! 4 lanes and no traffic lights would have dumped too much traffic into Montgomery too quickly. more ›