Construction Updates

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Here's the latest on the various City-led construction projects currently underway around town. Please note that work initiated by State and private utility contractors may not be reflected below. 

• Construction is ongoing. 
• Cardi Corporation will begin road construction on Broadway (Bliss to Friendship) starting the week of October 17th which will require alternating traffic into one lane while they remove the pavement and underlying trolley track both southbound and northbound. Businesses and sidewalks will be open, however, parking will be restricted in the immediate area during working hours.  When pavement removal work is completed, Broadway will be repaved with the first layer of pavement.  New curbing and sidewalks will follow in November with work continuing into December.
• A new traffic light will be installed at Broadway and Friendship Street.  Sidewalks will be replaced. Pedestrian safety improvements will include sidewalk bump-outs at crosswalks (like lower Broadway).  The Bliss Road intersection will be narrowed to greatly improve pedestrian safety.
• Signage improvements will also be completed from Marlborough Street to Cranston Street. 
• Parking may be restricted during the working week from 7 AM to 4 PM

• Construction is on hold for winter shutdown. 
• Pawtucket Hot Mix  company is reconstructing the following roadways Poplar Street, Connection Street, and East Bowery Street.  The Mary Street Parking Facility and Newport Fire Station #1 parking lot (West Marlborough) will also be repaved.    
• 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.

• Construction is on hold for winter shutdown. 
• ​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).