WARWICK, RI — RIDOT is studying whether installing signs will help people navigate the Apponaug Roundabouts easier. “We’re looking to add signage to help direct drivers to their destinations as […]
Traffic through the Apponaug Four Corners Roundabout (Greenwich Ave./Post Road), narrowed Sept. 5 as the first half of stamped concrete crosswalks were poured, will stay that way another week as the second half is poured Sept. 15.
WARWICK, RI — Traffic through the Apponaug Four Corners Roundabout (Greenwich Ave./Post Road) will narrow starting Wednesday, RIDOT reports. The agency advises motorists to expect narrowed lanes in the area for two […]
The RI Department of Transportation’s work on the final elements of the Apponaug Circulator Project continues this week with curbing work at the Apponaug Four Corners roundabout and on Post Road through the village.
With six weeks left till the Apponaug Circulator Project wraps Sept. 8, RIDOT has reminded drivers that Post Road is narrowing to one lane soon, and isn’t meant to be the primary eastern route through the village any longer.
Rick Barton has watched Apponaug Four Corners from the front steps of his Post Road apartment throughout the last two years of work on the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, and he’s been enjoying himself, he says, with only a few complaints.
Single lane closures at Apponaug Village roundabouts, required to allow stamped concrete crosswalks to cure, have not been popular with many motorists, and Mayor Scott Avedisian is asking for patience as the restrictions are expected to last until May 31.
WARWICK, RI  — The $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, expected to wrap up Sept. 8, remains ahead of schedule, with continuing construction requiring lane closures and some traffic snarls during high-traffic hours. […]
With Post Road East opened to two way traffic Wednesday, the RIDOT is turning to plans to do the same for Veterans Memorial Drive and Veterans Memorial Drive Extension Nov. 22, re-routing the main flow of traffic around Apponaug instead of directly through.
Work continues on the $29.9 million ApponaugCirculator Project night and day this week, touching on highway lighting on Post Road, gas main work on Centerville Road and landscaping throughout.
A few Friday morning commuters hesitated at the yield areas near the newly opened roundabout at Greenwich Avenue and Veterans Memorial Drive (the Dunkin Donuts), and needed a patrolman’s direction at the new two-way option up Greenwich Avenue at Apponaug Four Corners, but officers posted throughout the area reported a smooth transition as the new changes took effect.
RIDOT will open the westbound section of the Veterans Memorial Drive Extension, the new roadway segment in Apponaug, in the early hours of Friday morning, and motorists should beware that Greenwich Avenue near Apponaug Four Corners will now be open to two-way traffic, Warwick Police report.
RIDOT is scheduled to open the westbound section of the Veterans Memorial Drive Extension, the new roadway segment in Apponaug, during the week of Oct. 11, the first step in establishing two-way traffic through the Apponaug Circulator project this fall.
WARWICK, RI — After RIDOT opens the latest Apponaug Circulator Project roundabout at the Rte. 117 (Centerville Road), Rte. 115 (Toll Gate Road) and Gilbane Street intersection today, work continues to […]
The City Council unanimously voted Monday to re-install stop signs at the rotary intersection of Namquid Drive and Spring Green Road, where yield signs have held sway for a year, acting on the pleas of worried neighbors armed with stories of serious crashes, near misses and precarious driveway exits.
Warwick, RI — The $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project continues on-schedule with the beginning conversion of the Tollgate-Centerville Road intersection to a roundabout, ongoing resurfacing of Veterans Memorial Drive and wire relocation […]
Warwick, RI — The RIDOT has closed a lane headed north near the Rte. 113 overpass toward the Airport on Post Road before New England Tech as the agency performs road work […]
This week a number of construction-related lane closures took effect to accommodate the relocation of Main Avenue, part of the expansion of T.F. Green Airport and the resurfacing of Veterans Memorial Drive, part of the Apponaug Circulator Project.
Warwick, R.I. — RIDOT plans to start reconstruction of the north side of Veterans Memorial Drive April as the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project continues, shutting down those two lanes for […]
Commutes on Rte. 2 and Greenwich Avenue may take some extra time this week as overhead wires are moved on the former and repairs are made on the I-295 bridge over the latter, RIDOT reports.
Warwick, RI  — RIDOT will shift lanes on Centerville Road East from Diamond Hill Road to Route 115 (Toll Gate Road) for new traffic lights and close two lanes on Veterans Memorial Drive, from […]
Warwick, RI — RIDOT’s $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project is a month ahead of schedule and on-budget, with roundabouts shaping up at four major intersections, and two-way traffic scheduled to begin on […]
This week the RIDOT’s $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project starts work on the westbound side of Centerville Road from Toll Gate Road to Warwick Executive Park.
RIDOT’s Apponaug Circulator Project got a boost when engineers decided to take advantage of an opening in the work schedule to put in new water lines along Post Road in front of City Hall this summer, instead of a year from now.
Mayor Scott Avedisian walked the new Apponaug Four Corners Cumberland Farms at 3335 Post Road with local managers Friday morning, getting a look at the latest business to take advantage of the Apponaug Circulator Project’s promised travel improvements.
Warwick, RI – A year after the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project broke ground, some business owners say construction-generated traffic is harming their livelihoods as the Mayor’s office and one State Representative look for […]
The RIDOT has announced a number of ongoing and new traffic advisories throughout the city as the department works on Rte. 95, the continuing Apponaug Circulator Project, and, now, improvements to TF Green Airport.
The RIDOT is closing lanes on Post Road this week, starting with the eastbound section today, from West Shore Road to Veterans Memorial Drive, until 4:30 p.m. for pavement removal as the the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project continues.
Warwick, RI – Road construction in the city, including work on the continuing $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, will add a few new wrinkles for local drivers in addition to previously […]
The $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project continues as the first days of spring get underway, with lane closures and traffic delays expected through the project area this week.
The roundabout was an unending spiral traffic purgatory for the Griswolds, but DOT officials say the interchanges are cheaper and safer than intersections, and they’re gradually replacing the state’s major junctions, including Apponaug’s.
Warwick, RI – The week starts out with a lot of activity on the government, traffic and weather scenes. Let’s have a look: Apponaug Traffic alerts – The $29.9 million […]
Warwick, RI — Lane restrictions and potential traffic delays are expected this week through the area of the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, as work continues on the project to […]
Warwick, RI – Warwick Police have identified the man killed early Nov. 12 in an accident while working on the Apponaug Circulator Project as Paulo Matos, 45, of 128 Slate […]