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Town staff outlines Transportation Improvement Program priorities; East Shore bike path design advances
Summary
Town administration reviewed DOT/STIP/TIP projects that Jamestown is proposing or coordinating, including design work on an East Shore Road bike lane connection and a request for multi-phase design to include striping, signage and potential median/guardrail work.
Town staff briefed the council on several transportation projects under the state Department of Transportation’s STIP/TIP process and on local steps to advance an East Shore Road bike path.
The town has received a $100,000 grant to advance design for bike lanes on East Shore Road to connect Eldred Avenue to Canonicus Avenue. The staff asked the council to support a multi-phase engineering approach that could deliver lower-cost treatments—striping and signage—in early phases and expense items such as guardrail or center-median work in later phases.
Staff also reviewed other state-funded projects that will affect Jamestown: pavement and sidewalk work on Narragansett Avenue (Howland to West End), Beavertail Road improvements, Southwest Avenue pavement and sidewalks, and bridge/culvert projects including Zeke's Creek Bridge and the Connecticut Avenue shared-use path linking East Shore Road to Narragansett Avenue. Several projects may need coordination with the town’s planned water-main replacement work.
Staff asked the council to endorse a list of recommended TIP projects (East Shore Road multi-phased design, slip-lane removal at the 138 off-ramp/Canonicus intersection, elevation work at Beavertail Road/Mackle Cove, shared-use path on Connecticut Avenue, and improvements on Walcott Avenue). Councilors signaled support and staff will prepare the formal TIP submissions and follow up with DOT on scheduling.
