Construction Updates

Here's the latest on the various construction projects currently underway

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Bellevue Avenue Roadway Improvements

• Construction is ongoing. 
  AETNA construction company is working on Bellevue Avenue's concrete roadway surface which has areas in poor condition. The small areas will be repaired with fast setting concrete.  Large panels in poor condition will be replaced in full.  Due to the immensity of this ongoing maintenance issue, this is a multi-year project which will use funds to address the worst and most cost effective areas with distressed concrete.

Storer Park - Causeway Seawall Improvements

• Construction is completed.  
  Major improvements to the seawalls and Harbor Walk at Storer Park and along the Goat Island Causeway are completed. Through the efforts of City Engineer staff, East Coast Construction, and GZA Engineers, Storer Park and the Causeway have been transformed from a field of broken concrete & bent steel to a field of grass accessible to all.  About 1,200 feet of Harbor Walk was constructed with accessiblity improvements (Americans with Disabilities Act compliant) to park entrances including a new accessible walkway connecting the Goat Island Bridge sidewalks to Storer Park.  

Roadway Improvements 

• Division Street, High Street and School Streets:
  • Construction is ongoing.  Tree wells will be filled with a permeable, tree friendly rubber pavement. 
  • Though access to properties will be maintained, there will be some inconveniences as driveways are replaced, sidewalks are poured, and the road is repaved. 
  • Parking may be restricted during the working week from 7 AM to 4 PM.
  • Roads and sidewalks in poor condition will be replaced in-kind with the same types of materials.  Existing bluestone curbing will be reset and deteriorated concrete curbing will be replaced with granite per ordinance.  Pavement markings (e.g., stop bars) and signs will be improved. 
  • Please cut back your vegetation and remove any objects on the sidewalks, shoulders, and within the City's right-of-way.

Roadway Improvements 

• Carroll Avenue (Morton Ave to Old Fort Rd), Old Fort Road, and Gibbs Avenue.
  • Construction is completed.  
  • Old Fort and Carroll Avenue sidewalks and curbing were removed and reset improving the accessibility and safety of all pedestrians.  Also, a new crosswalk with handicap ramps was installed connecting the High School to the Fire Department providing access to all high school students from the east to the west sidewalks safely connecting them to all neighborhoods.   
  • Gibbs Avenue paving was completed giving Gibbs Avenue a new coat of pavement full width from end to end.  

​Sidewalk Improvements

• Construction is ongoing. 
  Several areas throughout the City will have their sidewalks reconstructed, curbs reset, and disability access improved in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Sidewalk areas in poor condition will be replaced in-kind.

• Project areas include:

  • Birkhead Place: Mary Street to end. Pending

  • Doctor Marcus Wheatland Blvd and Equality Park West Place: Marlborough to Equality Park West. Pending work south of Edward Street and installation of tree well permeable pavement.

  • Edward King House: Jones Street to driveway plus fitness area. Completed.

  • Freeborn Street: Minor sidewalk repair at tennis courts. Completed.
  • Gibbs Avenue: Memorial Blvd to Old Beach Road. Awaiting tree well permeable pavement.
  • Kay Street: Touro Street to Rhode Island Avenue. Pending

  • Miantonomi Park: handicap sidewalk access to new restroom building. Completed

  • Morton Park: extension of sidewalk access to playgrounds plus other access improvements. Completed.

  • Vernon Avenue: Hoppin Road to Broadway driveway. Completed.

  • Washington Street: Gladys Carr Bolhouse to Long Wharf & Van Zandt  to Sycamore. Pending

• ​Thank you for your patience during construction.  Though access to properties will be maintained, there will be some inconveniences as driveways are replaced, sidewalks are poured, and the road is repaved. 

• Please cut back your vegetation and remove any objects on the sidewalks, shoulders, and within the City's right-of-way.

• Parking may be restricted during the working week from 7 AM to 4 PM

Pavement Marking Improvements

• Construction is ongoing. 

• Road yellow center line striping, crosswalks, stop bars, and other pavement markings will be repainted throughout the city.  Because this work requires large areas of the City and negatively impacts traffic flow, the vast majority of the work occurs overnight (8 pm to 6 am).  This work is ongoing and paint application is highly weather dependent (e.g., wet streets and cold weather prohibits paint installation).