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ADDITIONAL SERVICES
The PDDP team will continue to develop two additional planning projects that
stem from the PDDP concepts after the conclusion of this report.
The Exchange
Rhode Island Housing has agreed to fund additional planning services for
the PDDP team to develop a plan for Exchange Street from Dexter Street to
Roosevelt Avenue. This is part of their Keepspace Communities initiative and
made possible by it’s local project host, the Pawtucket Citizens Development
Corporation, who is included on the PDDP Technical Advisory Committee.
This extension of the Exchange project will look into developing a boulevard
concept that safely offers multi-transit possibilities for downtown Pawtucket
in anticipation of a future commuter rail stop and the RIPTA Rapid Buss #99.
This work will plan access for pedestrians and bicyclists from downtown to the
river, for RIPTA buses through downtown Pawtucket, and for automobiles to
the interstate highway. It will also enhance greenspace and environmentallysustainable
landscape.
Pawtucket Avenue, Pleasant Street and Division Street Intersection
As part of the Bridge 550 project, the intersection of Pawtucket Avenue,
Pleasant Street, and Division Street has bene modified. The modification has
occurred at a location that is key to the functionality of the Turnpike System.
Rhode Island State-wide Planning will provide funding for the PDDP team to
analyze and design an alternative plan for this intersection that reconnects
Pawtucket Avenue to Pleasant Street and encourages improved traffic patterns
based on the historic logic of the streets.
When this work is complete, this report will be reissued with this work in
addendum.
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