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STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION Projects NEXT STEPS AND IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES The next steps can be read more directly in the project lists on the previous pages, but the following are more general directions for immediate projects that can begin. STREET IMPROVEMENTS East Avenue Extension is the low-hanging fruit with the biggest impact of the three proposed street improvement projects. The portion of Exchange Street will also be accomplished shortly as it is currently funded. Of the mediumterm projects, Main Street is the biggest priority for moving in downtown and Pleasant Street connecting to Pawtucket and East Avenues has the biggest potential for impacting how people get to downtown. These are both critical conversions. Main Street between Church and Mineral Spring Avenue is a short and simple segment that could be accomplished easily as well. Broadway will be the most difficult as it is a state maintained segment. The most important goal of all of the turnpike segments is opening one way to two way traffic. Any segments that can be modified will have am important impact on the functionality and thus the perception of downtown Pawtucket. PARKING The low-hanging fruit for the “P”arking project are the signage and tree planting strategies, as these are inexpensive, can be organized by the city, and incremental. Making the parking zone change on Roosevelt Avenue is also simple and does not require funding along with the proposed regulatory change of decreasing parking requirements for commercial use development. The parking enforcement will take greater city coordination, but could be begun in small designated areas, specifically on Main Street and near Tolman High School and can later be expanded with greater infrastructure. The permeable paving replacement will happen more slowly and through attrition. TRANSIT The most immediate project that can help begin the bicycle network was developed prior to the PDDP-- the temporary bike striping between the end of the Blackstone Valley Bikeway and the Blackstone Boulevard bike network. The bicycle lanes included as part of the Exchange Street improvement will add to this network and can be further extended by striping the bike circulators. The city may be able to find supportive private partners show can help fund these amenities, such as local child or sport-oriented businesses. THe next steps will involve coordinating with RIPTA and RIDOT n the upcoming transit initiative so the MBTA stop and Rapid Bus line. Their integration will be key to the longer-term success of the downtown systems. STREETSCAPE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS The current streetscaping project organized by PADS and the Pawtucket Foundation can have an immediate visual impact on Main Street by replacing banners and providing planters with plantings and a few of benches. The larger pedestrians systems will come through the upcoming street improvement projects, Exchange Street in the Armory District and East Avenue Extension being the first two in the pipeline. LANDSCAPE 152 The most immediate potential for the landscape plan for the PDDP is the opening of public space in the Bridge Park East, as it already has funding, PDDP STATUS & IMPLEMENTATION
along with the potential of an East Park West presumably to be at the Town Landing. Another short-term project is developing a tree ordinance for downtown which can have lasting effects on the development of the tree canopy even if it will take a set of initiatives to increase it dramatically. While aspects of the Riverway will take long-term planning, developing a detailed plan can put this project in the pipeline along with the completing of the Blackstone Valley Bikeway and help as private development grows near the river. The regulatory work involved should be well on its way through the process by the completion of the PDDP report. The three categories: 1) Remove obvious impediments to redevelopment; 2) Improve upon some of the existing tools within the ordinance today; and 3) Anticipate future opportunities for incentives. As all of the regulatory initiates do not require funding and already have obtained key local political support, these should be fulfilled in the short-term. ZONING PDDP FINAL REPORT 153
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION VISI
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P P P P P P EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pawtu
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TURNPIKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS and tree
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INTRODUCTION EXISTING CONDITIONS Th
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WEST AVE. PINE ST. ST. CT. ST. REET
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Greenspace Sidewalks are the primar
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Downtown does not have a traffic am
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cars there all day. This disrupts t
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INTRODUCTION CONCEPTS Rather than d
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Historic Turnpike Routes Valley Fal
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Segments of Turnpike Routes BROAD H
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Views of existing and proposed Main
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PROJECT 2 : TAKE THE EXCHANGE PDDP
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Exchange Segments BROAD HIGH ROOSEV
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PROJECT 3 : “P”ARKING The above
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MAIN Public parking lots to be sign
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CG PROJECT 5 USE DOWNTOWN GUIDANCE
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VISION Defining Scope PREFERRED ALT
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MAIN Exchange Street Scope Priority
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MAIN Scope of the PDDP Projects BRO
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DESIGN Traffic & Street Improvement
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CONNECTION TO RE-ALIGNED PARK PLACE
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TRAFFIC & STREET IMPROVEMENTS CONCL
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DESIGN Public Parking Management PA
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Roosevelt Avenue Parking Lot RECOMM
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PUBLIC PARKING MANAGEMENT CONCLUSIO
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DESIGN Bicycle & Transit Systems BI
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Page 140 and 141: LANDSCAPE CONCLUSION The PDDP team
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EAST AVENUE EXTENSION - SHORT-TERM
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