Route 132 Corridor Report - Cape Cod Commission

D. DESIGN GUIDELINES: AREA B – Route 132 Center
Design Guidelines for this area of Route 132, stretching from Independence
Drive to the eastern side of Cape Cod Mall/Kmart Plaza, reinforce
the more open feeling of deep vegetated buffers and development set well
back from the roadway. Open space beginning to the east of Border’s,
heavy landscaping around Sam Diego’s restaurant, and open space on the
northeast and southeast corners of the intersection with Independence
Drive mark a clear transition to a more vegetated and open character of
development. This open character needs to be carried across the frontage
of the regional malls with much deeper and more varied landscape buffers.
The mall buildings and circulation patterns for pedestrians and cars
should be focused on the interior of these sites, with structures approaching
Route 132 only at key pedestrian intersections. Additional commercial
and mixed use development can be accommodated in neighborhood
scale structures along these internal road networks. The roadway median
in this area should support this green character with plantings or be
treated with a unique surface pattern to make it a visual asset.
Figure K: Proposed Development in Area B/Route 132 Center (facing north)
This view looks north, across Route 132, from the Cape Cod Mall entrance road to the
Kmart Plaza. It illustrates how the area could look with wider landscaped buffers along
Route 132 and additional frontage buildings oriented toward the internal pedestrian/road
network.
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