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6/29/2020
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Rep. Kennedy, Sen. Algiere work with RIDOT to coordinate resurfacing of Potter Hill Road in Westerly
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STATE HOUSE — Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy (D-Dist. 38, Hopkinton, Westerly), Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives, and Senate Minority Leader Dennis L. Algiere (R-Dist. 38, Charlestown, South Kingstown, Westerly) have announced that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, working in conjunction with National Grid will be completing the resurfacing of a portion of Potter Hill Road in Westerly.
In the last two years, National Grid has been replacing the gas lines in the road, which resulted in piecemeal asphalt patches on the road surface. While National Grid is required to resurface half the road from the center line to the curb, the lawmakers worked with them and RIDOT to pursue a more cost-effective manner of resurfacing the road.
“Senator Algiere and I worked together with DOT to get an agreement to resurface the road from the Hopkinton town line in Potter Hill to Nichols Lane before funding ran out,” said Representative Kennedy. “Since then, we have been working with DOT to identify additional funding to complete the resurfacing project from Nichols Lane to the Intersection of High and Canal streets.”
“The new funding has been approved by DOT and the remaining repaving will take place in July,” said Senator Algiere. “Whenever there are infrastructure projects, it’s important to coordinate the plans so all the different parties — the state, the town, and utility companies — are all on the same page. Having the whole road resurfaced at once instead of in a piecemeal fashion is much better economically and aesthetically.”
For more information, contact:
Daniel Trafford, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-1922
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