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Newport adopts Hampton Way as city street to enable Cosby Highway lot redevelopment
Newport City Council · May 18, 2025
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Summary
Council voted to adopt Hampton Way (to be renamed Hampton Street) into the city-maintained street system so adjacent parcels held by hotels can front a city street and allow a lot-redraw that developers say will make a key Cosby Highway parcel developable.
The Newport City Council voted to adopt Hampton Way as a city street—renaming it in the process—in a move council leaders said is intended to make a nearby Cosby Highway parcel more marketable and enable a planned lot-redraw by developers.
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