The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has awarded a contract to resurface the entire length of Route 37 between Natick Avenue in Cranston and Post Road in Warwick.
The project …
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has awarded a contract to resurface the entire length of Route 37 between Natick Avenue in Cranston and Post Road in Warwick.
The project includes a $5.9 million contract awarded to D’Ambra Construction and a 5 percent budget contingency of $295,000. The project started recently and is expected to reach substantial completion in the summer of 2016.
Crews will resurface three miles of on- and off-ramps along the 3.5-mile highway as part of the work, as well as make wheelchair ramp improvements at the off-ramps for Pontiac Avenue and Post Road.
“It’s no mystery that businesses looking to relocate to Rhode Island will judge us on the condition of our transportation infrastructure,” RIDOT Director Peter Alviti Jr. said in a statement. “Since joining this administration, I have made it a RIDOT priority to address long-standing issues like Route 37 and establish a bold, new direction that will build a stronger Rhode Island.”
While work on Route 37 is taking place during the day and overnight, at least two travel lanes will remain open during peak travel times Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. During all other times at least one lane will remain open, with some overnight closures and detours affecting the on- and off-ramps while paving is taking place. Daytime shoulder closures are possible this week as work gets underway.
The roadway, which was last resurfaced in 1988, carries approximately 35,000 vehicles per day. Route 37 is one of the few east-west highways in Rhode Island and connects two of the state’s most populated communities, linking residential and commercial areas with two interstate highways and several major arterial routes.
According to the Federal Highway Administration in 2013, Rhode Island’s interstate roadway network ranked ninth best in the country. When all arterials and freeways are added, Rhode Island’s ranking falls to second worst nationwide.
To sign up for weekly updates on this and other active RIDOT projects taking place around the state, contact dot.customerservice@dot.
ri.gov. Detour maps and travel restrictions will also be posted online at www.dot.ri.gov/travel, as well as on the department’s Facebook (www.facebook.com/RIDOTNew) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/RIDOTNews) pages. Schedule of work is subject to change; RIDOT will make every reasonable effort to accelerate work where possible.
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Stella
Too many contracts to too few. MA could complete this project in a week. The roads and bridges are a mess. The roadsides are even worse, garbage and grass and shrubs that were planted hardly ever touched. Crews that cut the garbage into smaller pieces rather than pick it up. Why not outfit the mowers with trash cans and assign a picker to every mower. Just like they do in other states. If nothing else just cut and clean the first mile or so of rt 95 boarders with CT , MA along with 37 and the airport connector. After a minute or so people will forget just what a dump this state has become if we make a good first impression.
Thursday, July 30, 2015 Report this
markyc
One would hope that BEFORE the repaving begins, the RI DOT has made sure that ALL bridges on Rt. 37 are structurally sufficient.
Thursday, July 30, 2015 Report this