The RhodeWorks plan to repair roads and bridges was approved by the Rhode Island General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Gina M. Raimondo on February 11, 2016. The legislation (2016-H 7409Aaa, 2016 - S 2246Aaa) creates a funding source that will allow the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to repair more than 150 structurally deficient bridges and make repairs to another 500 bridges to prevent them from becoming deficient, bringing 90 percent of the State's bridges into structural sufficiency by 2026.
This project will replace three deficient or near-to-deficient bridges close to the Route 4 corridor on the East Greenwich/North Kingstown line. Where possible, RIDOT is using accelerated bridge construction methods to reduce the duration of these projects and overall impact to motorists.
This project will consist of long-anticipated improvements to sidewalks on a section of North Kingstown's busiest commercial area on Post Road, from Camp Avenue to West Main Street, as well as on West Main Street itself, the main access to the village of Wickford (Post Road to Brown Street). More than two miles of roadway will be improved.
This project consists of construction of a new roundabout at the intersections of Brown Street, Phillips Street, and Boston Neck Road in downtown Wickford. The project includes installation of new exposed aggregate sidewalks and curb ramps, new granite curbing and a new road surface.
The $35.8 million Tower Hill Road project includes replacement of the 55-year-old Tower Hill Road Bridge, carrying Tower Hill Road over Route 138 in North Kingstown, and resurfacing of 6.5 miles of Tower Hill Rd (US-1) from the Route 4 split in North Kingstown to the Oliver Stedman Government Center in South Kingstown.
* All construction projects are subject to changes in schedule and scope depending on needs, circumstances, findings, and weather.