Construction Updates

Here's the latest on the various construction projects currently underway around town for the week of Feb. 9, 2020 

Seawall Improvements (Currently underway)

• Storer Park and Goat Island Causeway: 
  Construction is on going.  The City's contractor, East Coast Construction, has started this project and is progressing well. Work is not only weather dependent, but also may depend on favorable tide cycles during working hours. 
  
  The area's concrete slabs and sidewalk areas will be removed, the seawall's concrete top replaced, concrete sidewalks replaced and connected to the Harbor Walk, and the area filled with new loam and grass.  Other improvements include a new set of stairs connecting the Harbor Walk with the Goat Island Bridge sidewalk and new seawall safety ladders.  

Roadway Improvements 

• Division Street, High Street and School Streets:
  • Construction is on going.  Division Street contruction is pending Spring 2020. 
  • Pavement will be removed, road gravel regraded, and first layer of pavement installed.  Afterwards, select curbs and sidewalks will be removed, reset, and installed.
  • Though access to properties will be maintained, there will be some inconveniences as driveways are replaced, sidewalks are poured, and the road is repaved. 
  • If you are planning to install/repair underground utilities such as natural gas service, water, or sewer, please contact your utliity provider and this office so work may be expedited.
  • 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.

​Sidewalk Improvements

• Construction is on hold during winter shutdown. Restart anticipated spring 2020.

• 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:

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

  • Miantonomi Park: handicap sidewalk access to new restroom building

  • Freeborn Street: Minor sidewalk repair at tennis courts. Completed.

  • Birkhead Place: Mary Street to end

  • Doctor Marcus Wheatland: Marlbourough to Equality Park Place

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

  • Gibbs Avenue: Memorial Blvd to Old Beach Road

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

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

• ​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 on hold during 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 over night (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).   

Bellevue Avenue Roadway Improvements

• Construction is on hold during winter shutdown. 

• Bellevue Avenue's concrete roadway surface has areas which are  in poor condition. The small areas will be repaired with fast setting concrete.  Large panels in poor condition (e.g., near the Redwood Library) will be replaced fully.  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.