Dear
Friend,
On
Tuesday, August 13 at 7 pm, an important public hearing
concerning the proposed Coastal Route Bikeway will be held at the
Charlestown Town Hall.
The
Coastal Route Bikeway (Phase 1) connecting Ninigret Park to South
Kingstown is back. The public hearing was originally
scheduled for December 2018 but was cancelled. There is a lot to
digest in the plan.
There are
3 options for the proposed Coastal Route Bikeway. Cost
estimates range from $5.5 million to $10.7 million. But those
estimates do not include additional costs for survey, design,
right-of-way acquisition, permitting, safety beacon systems (yes,
safety beacons), retaining walls, traffic studies and utility
modifications.
One option
will require "acquiring" land from 37 privately owned
parcels. Another will require “acquiring” land from 52
parcels.
One option
would disturb two historic cemeteries.
To learn
more, or to voice your opinions, please come to the Public
Hearing Tuesday, August 13th at 7 pm at the Town Hall. If you
cannot attend, please send an email to the Town Clerk, Amy
Weinreich, at ARWeinreich@charlestownri.org and request that your comments be
read into the record.
Thank
you,
Charlestown
Residents United
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