Drivers looking to use Central Avenue as a cut-through from Atwood Avenue to Reservoir Avenue will need to find detours — at least from 7 am to 4 pm on weekdays.
With work continuing on Central Avenue to install a new sewer line as part of a $4 million project by Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation, restrictions on through-traffic will remain in place for at least the next four to six weeks. On Friday afternoon, RIRRC officials provided JohnstonPatch with the notice sent to residents near the area of the work zone near the I-295 overpass, between Dawn Drive and Old Pocasset Road. The notice also includes maps of detours for vehicles in both directions away the site of the sewer line installaton, as well as contact phone numbers for the contractor, engineering firm, and Resource Recovery. [Find the notice attached to this article in .pdf format.] Johnston Police officers will be on site to …
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Sewer line installation site
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The work is part of a $4 million project funded by Rhode Island Resource Recovery.
Construction crews were busy installing a new sewer line along Central Avenue near the I-295 overpass, closing the road to travel from Atwood Avenue to Reservoir Avenue, as part of a $4 million project funded by Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. Looking to get around the traffic on Central Avenue? Follow these alternate routes: The work to install a new 12-in. sewer line began in July following a ceremony attended by Gov. Lincoln Chafee, and crews have been steadily working their way east on Central Avenue. On Friday morning, backhoes were in action, covering one part of the roadway with dirt prior to paving and digging a trench in another area for installation of the sewer line. UPDATE: Rhode Island Resource Recovery provided …
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