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SPRING 2023 ROAD CONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT
*UPDATE FOR 9/11/2023*
T. Miozzi has informed us that they will be onsite at Sunset Boulevard on Monday, Sept 11th, to being the process of removing the existing asphalt surface in preparation for reconstruction of the road. The traffic flow in and out of the neighborhood will be impacted as this process proceeds. The old pavement will be removed with an Excavator, which involves lifting and removing large pieces of asphalt to get to the layer below.
*UPDATE FOR 9/7/23*- UPDATED 9/8/2023
Unfortunately, T. Miozzi has an equipment malfunction and can not start Sunset Boulevard today as planned. We will update the schedule when they let us know when their equipment has been repaired and they expect to start work again.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
BEGINNING TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 7th, T. Miozzi will start the reconstruction process of Sunset Boulevard. They will begin by milling (removing) the existing road surface to prepare it for new pavement.
As a reminder, during construction you should expect:
- Vehicular access to your property may be restricted between the hours of 7am and 4pm as work progresses
- DPW & the Contractor (T. Miozzi, LLC.) will station flaggers to provide direction and traffic control during the work day
- If access to your property is restricted during the work day, you may need to park your vehicle at an alternate location
- The DPW and the Contractor will work to minimize the disruption and inconvenience caused by the project and will be available to answer your questions and address your concerns
- Our Construction Supervisor will be onsite and available to answer questions and address concerns, or you may call our office and we will get a message to him.
Please remember, this schedule is set by T. Miozzi, not us. As always these plans weather permitting and subject to change.
UPDATE FOR 7/17/23
On Monday, July 17th, T. Miozzi is planning on loaming & seeding Saybrook Ave & Wampum Rd. Drainage improvement work on Fernleaf trail to continue. Also this week, T. Miozzi will be adjusting storm drain grates, sewer manhole covers and gate valve boxes in preparation of final paving of Wood Ave & South Trail.
As always, please remember this schedule is set by T. Miozzi, not us. As always these plans weather permitting and subject to change.
UPDATE FOR 7/3/23
Tomorrow, July 6th, T. Miozzi will grading the surface of Wood Ave & South Trail. On Friday, the 7th, they plan to lay down the binder layer of asphalt.
Starting next week, weather permitting, they will be loaming and seeding all of the areas that need it, on the roads that have already been completed.
UPDATE FOR 6/15/2023
Tomorrow, June 15th, T. Miozzi plans to be milling South Trail & Wood Ave AND laying the top coat of asphalt on Algonquin Rd & LeeAnn Dr.
As always, please remember this schedule is set by T. Miozzi, not us. As always these plans weather permitting and subject to change.
UPDATE FOR 6/9/23
Tomorrow, Saturday June 10th, T. Miozzi is planning on GRADING LeeAnn Dr. They plan on laying the 1st layer of asphalt, (known as the binder) on Monday for LeeAnn Dr, Algonquin Rd & Jennifer Ct.
Depending on good weather, the work on South Trail will being (hopefully) on Wednesday. South Trail will be done 1st, then they will move onto Wood Ave.
As always, please remember this schedule is set by T. Miozzi, not us. As always these plans weather permitting and subject to change.
UPDATED 5/24/23
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 25, Miozzi will be milling the road on LeeAnn Dr. and laying a base mix of material on Wampum Rd. As always, the following applies:
As a reminder, during construction you should expect:
- Vehicular access to your property may be restricted between the hours of 7am and 4pm as work progresses
- DPW & the Contractor (T. Miozzi, LLC.) will station flaggers to provide direction and traffic control during the work day
- If access to your property is restricted during the work day, you may need to park your vehicle at an alternate location
- The DPW and the Contractor will work to minimize the disruption and inconvenience caused by the project and will be available to answer your questions and address your concerns
- Our Construction Supervisor will be onsite and available to answer questions and address concerns, or you may call our office and we will get a message to him.
Please remember, this schedule is set by T. Miozzi, not us. As always these plans weather permitting and subject to change.
This is the tentative schedule of work for the week of Monday the 22nd:
On Monday, Miozzi has plans to begin work on the swales on LeeAnn Dr, on Tuesday they plan on milling Jennifer Ct and Wednesday they will be laying down the first layer of asphalt on Wampum Rd & Saybrook Ave. Next will come raising the sewer manhole covers & storm drain grates. The final asphalt coat will be put down at a later date.
Please remember, this schedule is set by T. Miozzi, not us. As always these plans weather permitting and subject to change.
T. Miozzi plans to start work April 25th on Saybrook Ave to prepare for milling of the road either Wednesday 4/26 or Thursday 4/27, weather permitting.
Beginning the week of April 24th, T. Miozzi LLC is planning to begin reconstruction of the roads listed here: Leeann Dr, Jennifer Ct, Saybrook Ave, Wampum Rd, Algonquin Rd, South Trl and Wood Ave. As always, the schedule is set by the contractor, not our department and progress is weather dependent.
As a reminder, please keep in mind there is NO WAY to predict an exact date construction will begin or finish on specific roads unless T. Miozzi is able to provide a specific date. T. Miozzi, LLC will post notices in the neighborhoods so residents will be aware as the construction date approaches.
Please be aware that smooth passage along the road may be somewhat impacted until the project is completed.
Construction conditions as listed below will still be valid.
Please make sure that your vehicle is NOT parked in the road. Traffic will be allowed to side streets, but only to residents of the street. Narragansett Police will be notified of this allowance.
During construction, you should expect:
- Vehicular access to your property may be restricted between the hours of 7:00am and 4:00pm as work progresses.
- T. Miozzi, LLC will station a flagger to provide direction and traffic control during the workday for the road reconstruction work, not the tree removal work.
- If access to your property is restricted during the workday, you may need to park your vehicle at an alternate location.
- The DPW and the contractors will work to minimize the disruption and inconvenience caused by the project. Our Construction Supervisor Richard Manzi will be onsite and available to answer your questions and address your concerns, or you may call our office and we will get a message to him.
~ALL UPDATES/PLANS ARE WEATHER DEPENDENT/WEATHER PERMITTING~
ANNOUNCEMENT March 22, 2023
Drainage Improvements to the existing 12" storm drain on Ashton Lane & Davisville Lane and repairs (and complete replacement of certain sections) of the existing 6" drain line on South Bay Drive will begin, weather permitting, at the end of March and continue into April until finished. George Sherman Sand and Gravel, in conjunction with the Dept of Public Works, will be performing the work.
*UPDATE Friday, May 27th, 2022*
Reconstruction of Osceola Ave and Sachem Rd is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 30th, weather permitting.
The pipe replacement project on Bonnet Point Rd at Ottawa Trl is complete.
Paving on Old Boston Neck Rd, Lake Rd, Wolfe Rd, Raymond Dr & Ottawa Trl have all had their final top coat applied, but still need loaming and seeding. Old Boston Neck Road needs to have swales reconstructed and that will hopefully take place sometime between the middle and end of June, weather permitting.
The Eastward Look pipe replacement project is finished. There will be a second phase to Davisville Rd which will be scheduled in the coming months. Ashton Rd is complete.
Lake Rd @ Brooklyn Rd, Brooklyn Rd, Cedar St & Walnut St are complete.
*REMINDER*
ALL updated schedules are dependent on the weather cooperating, therefore we are not able to state specific start times/days, unless notified by the contractor.
*UPDATE Wednesday, May 4, 2022*
The pipe replacement project on Bonnet Point Rd at Ottawa Trl will begin TOMORROW, May 5, 2022. Once this is complete, Ottawa Trl will be repaved.
*UPDATE Thursday, April 28, 2022*
All loaming and seeding on roads that still needed it is complete. We ask that residents please water the areas of loam and seed along the edge of the road to encourage growth.
T. Miozzi is still working on Old Boston Neck Rd by the Sprague Bridge. When that is complete, they will begin work on Osceola Ave & Sachem Rd., weather permitting.
Raymond Drive has its first coat (binder) down and will have it's finish coat applied when T. Miozzi finishes the remaining roads, hopefully in the next 4-6 weeks, weather permitting.
There will be a pipe replacement project on Bonnet Point Rd at Ottawa Trl. before the road can be repaved. That is tentatively scheduled for the 2nd or 3rd week of May, weather permitting.
At the Eastward Look Storm Drainage Replacement project, George Sherman Sand & Gravel has completed Foster Lane. Next they will be focusing on Davisville Lane.
*REMINDER*
ALL updated schedules are dependent on the weather cooperating, therefore we are not able to state specific start times/days, unless notified by the contractor.
*UPDATE Friday, April 22, 2022*
Lake Rd @ Brooklyn Rd is finished paving, as is Bayberry Rd, Cedar St, Walnut St. The only thing left is to loam and seed along the disturbed right of way on those roads. Central St paving will be finished today & will need loaming & seeding, hopefully happening next week, weather permitting.
We ask that ALL residents who have new loam & seed PLEASE water it so it will grow.
Raymond Dr has a binder coat down and will be finished paved when T. Miozzi does the next batch of finish paving.
Currently, T. Miozzi is working on Old Boston Neck Rd by the Sprague Bridge. In the next couple weeks work will begin on Osceola Ave & Sachem Rd.
There will be a pipe replacement project on Bonnet Point Rd at Ottawa Trl before the road can be repaved. That is scheduled for the 2nd or 3rd week of May, weather permitting.
The Schooner Cove Rd crosswalk needs line striping and sign installation, which should happen within the next couple weeks, weather permitting.
*UPDATE Friday, April 15, 2022*
Roads that are finished paved, but need to be loamed and seeded, cleaned-up, with any corrections needed are:
Lake Road (from Maywood Rd to Channing Rd); Bayberry Rd; Cedar St; Walnut St, Top of Central St near Town Hall.
Raymond Drive has its first coat (binder) down.
Roads that will continue reconstruction next week (weather permitting): Lake Road and Wolfe Road, Ottawa Trail
In the coming weeks, construction will begin on Osceola Ave (north of Wampum Rd) and Sachem Trail
The Crosswynds Dr and Wyndcliff Dr Drainage project is complete. The roads will eventually be stone-sealed to protect them and extend their useable life.
Starting next week (weather permitting) the Eastwood Look Storm Drainage Replacement project will begin. This entails replacing 296' of old, existing corrugated pipe on Foster Lane and 372' of corrugated pipe on Davisville Lane, both starting from the Glocester Road intersection. Door hanger notices will be placed tomorrow and letters mailed to out of state homeowners.
Again, please keep in mind there is NO WAY to predict an exact date construction will begin or finish on specific roads unless T. Miozzi is able to provide a specific date. T. Miozzi, LLC will post notices in the neighborhoods so residents will be aware as the construction date approaches.
Please be aware that smooth passage along the road may be somewhat impacted until the project is completed.
Construction conditions as listed below will still be valid.
Please make sure that your vehicle is NOT parked in the road. Traffic will be allowed to side streets, but only to residents of the street. Narragansett Police will be notified of this allowance.
During construction, you should expect:
- Vehicular access to your property may be restricted between the hours of 7:00am and 4:00pm as work progresses.
- T. Miozzi, LLC will station a flagger to provide direction and traffic control during the workday for the road reconstruction work, not the tree removal work.
- If access to your property is restricted during the workday, you may need to park your vehicle at an alternate location.
- The DPW and the contractors will work to minimize the disruption and inconvenience caused by the project. Our Construction Supervisor Richard Manzi will be onsite and available to answer your questions and address your concerns, or you may call our office and we will get a message to him.
~ALL UPDATES/PLANS ARE WEATHER DEPENDENT/WEATHER PERMITTING~
Weather permitting; this work may begin 30 days after publication of this notice.
Notifications to residents/homeowners will be sent closer to the start of the project as soon DPW is notified of the dates by the Contractor.
Reminder: No permits shall be issued for openings, cuts or excavations in the above listed roadways for a period of three years after the completion of such construction per Chapter 66, Section 89, of the Town of Narragansett Code of Ordinances.
For additional information contact:
Department of Public Works – 401.782.0687
ehaggarty@narragansettri.gov or sdaignault@narragansettri.gov