A car took out a guardrail on Lambert’s Cove Road Bridge, and repairs will be needed, West Tisbury Superintendent Richard Olsen said during a select board meeting on Wednesday, April 26.
The bridge is located near Lambert’s Cove Beach. Olsen said he hired Lawrence-Lynch Corp. to make repairs.
“They’re fabricating the pipes, the tubing to replace what was there,” he said. “Everything was wiped out on that side. They’re telling me they’ll have the fabrication done this week, and commence to put it together next week.”
Olsen later clarified that both guardrails will need to be fixed, since the remaining one was loose.
When board chair Skipper Manter asked about funding the repairs, Olsen said he believes there is enough in his account. “I haven’t gotten a price yet, so I don’t really know,” Olsen said.
The board unanimously approved Olsen proceeding with the repair plans.
West Tisbury Police Chief Matt Mincone told The Times on Friday they don’t know who struck the rail, but they are investigating. He said the incident occurred on April 8, and the department was notified just before 7 pm. There were no witnesses to the crash.
The driver left the scene of the crash, but police found a passenger-side mirror base that seemed to be from a green 2018 Toyota Highlander. Mincone said alongside the missing mirror base, the car likely sustained frontal damage. The police are looking for footage of the area related to the crash.
“It’s a needle in the haystack, but we know the color of the needle,” Mincone said.
If this accident occurred on April 8th and, why has it taken so long for the public to have any information about it ? Perhaps someone knows someone with a damaged green Highlander.
I wrote Elizabeth Warren about an upisland bridge needing reflectors and paint because it was rusty and unlit. The guard rails are metal and the little bridge narrow and curved…..
Patricia. Here is a link to the Mass department of transportation.
They would be the appropriate agency to contact.
But don’t expect much– I have called them a number of times about the heavy buildup of sand
on state road between Cronigs and the Edgartown road, that I feel is a hazard for bicycles.
Nothing has happened.
https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-department-of-transportation
Why do they allow cars on our beautiful little island.