Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A portion of the road will be closed during while repairs are made to the seawall, which was damaged in Hurricane Sandy.
- GOVERNMENT
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) have announced that the next repair project for road damage caused by Hurricane Sandy is now underway on Ocean Drive in the City of Newport. As part of the repair project, a portion of the road is anticipated to be closed for approximately three weeks for seawall reconstruction, effective today. “We have committed to the citizens of this State to do all we can to quickly repair our roadway infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy,” said Governor Lincoln D. Chafee. “With RIDOT’s help and that of the State’s skilled contractors, we are able to do that sooner than later – and put Rhode Islanders to work. I remain grateful for the funding made available by …
Monday, October 22, 2012
A Newport man escaped from his truck when he drove through the seawall into the water on Friday night.
A Newport man walked away unharmed after driving his Chevy pickup truck into the ocean on Friday night. According to an accident report from the Newport Police Department, the man was driving on Harrison Avenue when the steering column on his truck locked and he could not make the turn. There was no one else in the truck. He told police he was traveling about 35 miles per hour between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. when his truck mounted the curb, struck the sea wall and went into the water. He was able to escape by climbing out of the rear sliding window. He abandoned his personal belongings, including his wallet and cell phone. The man did not seek any medical treatment. Reports said the man walked home and fell alseep. When he walked back to the …
Friday, January 20, 2012
Nearly one mile of utility lines have been removed and buried underground.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
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Friday, January 20, 2012
The following has been provided by the Aquidneck Land Trust. The Aquidneck Land Trust ("ALT") is pleased to start the new year with a special gift to all who love Aquidneck Island as part of ALT's Newport Conservation Initiative: the successful removal of the last remaining above-ground overhead utility poles and lines along one of the United States' premier scenic and historic roadways; namely, the nationally renowned Ocean Drive. Despite welcome restoration efforts two years ago, when a privately funded initiative removed 22 overhead utility poles along the oceanfront, 14 obtrusive utility poles still remained along the drive. These have now been removed, restoring the oceanfront to the natural state that existed decades ago before …
Sean Roberts
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