Editorial: Accident-prone road’s rehab an overdue correction

Editorial: Accident-prone road’s rehab an overdue correction

Built in the early 1960s and opened in October 1962, the Lowell Connector never lived up to its potential. There were plans to extend the Connector through the city’s Back Central neighborhood, up to and along the Concord River, then onward into the downtown at Merrimack Street. Beyond that, there were discussions about extending the Connector to the juncture of Route 213 through Dracut. However, those ambitious plans came to a screeching halt, …