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Town seeks funding for Route 146 follow-up study and Mechanic Street flood engineering; $10,000 senior services grant submitted
Summary
Town staff reported grant activity including a $10,000 request to the Rhode Island Foundation for senior services, a beautification grant application, and efforts to secure funding for a second phase of a Route 146 corridor study and a $50,000 infrastructure bank application to address Mechanic Street flooding.
The town administrator updated the council Oct. 6 on grant activity and planning studies.
Staff submitted a $10,000 grant request to the Rhode Island Foundation to support senior services programming and applied for a small beautification grant to purchase flags and mounting brackets for Main Street utility poles.
The Route 146 feasibility study has been completed and posted to the town website, the administrator said. Staff are seeking funding for a second-phase effort — estimated to cost close to $100,000 — that would include a market study, a zoning/regulatory rewrite for the corridor to guide land use and maximize fiscal value, and more detailed work on a proposed tax-increment financing (TIF) implementation strategy. Town staff indicated they are pursuing Rhode Island Housing’s Municipal Technical Assistance Program for some or all of the second-phase work.
The municipal resiliency program work is complete and makes the town eligible for infrastructure bank funding. The administration planned to submit a $50,000 application to the infrastructure bank for engineering work to address worsening flooding in the Mechanic Street area.
Staff also said they are coordinating with asset-management consultants about how to use previously appropriated money and will bring the consultants to a future council meeting to present options.
