EAST BAY — The R.I. Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is set to repair 12 miles of the East Bay Bike Path from Bristol to East Providence, removing cracks and resurfacing one of the …
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EAST BAY — The R.I. Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is set to repair 12 miles of the East Bay Bike Path from Bristol to East Providence, removing cracks and resurfacing one of the state's most popular bikeways.
Starting this week, users may encounter crews on the path on weekdays. They will cut back brush and limbs encroaching on the bike path, remove any hanging limbs or dead trees, patch cracks and clean up debris blown down from this winter's strong storms, according to RIDOT.
In late spring, RIDOT plans to resurface the path between Independence Park in Bristol and Riverside Square in East Providence.
There are some sections in between that were resurfaced in the past few years through local utility work, and those areas will be seal-coated. The cost for this work is estimated at $1.4 million.
The path will not be closed. There may be brief daytime closures in areas where crews are working, and no work will take place on weekends, according to RIDOT. When paving and re-striping takes place in late spring, single-day closures of short sections of bikeway will be needed, RIDOT said.
All schedules are weather-dependent and subject to change. The project is scheduled to finish in late June.
Approximately 900,000 people use the bike path annually, according to RIDOT.
RIDOT said the repairs are made possible by RhodeWorks.