RIDOT Offers Tips on Navigating Apponaug Circulator Roundabouts
By: Rob Borkowski on July 10, 2017 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — As the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, expected to wrap up Sept. 8, continues, the RIDOT offered some important things to keep in mind as motorists navigate the relatively […]
Veterans Memorial Drive, Extension Going Two-Way Nov. 22
By: Rob Borkowski on November 17, 2016 in News to You
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.
Speeding Driver Stopped, Arrested for Drug Possession in Apponaug
By: Rob Borkowski on November 11, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Officer Christian Vargas was traveling east on Post Road toward the West Shore Road intersection Oct. 16 at 10:21 p.m. near Karl’s East Coast Speed as he took a left through the roundabout there when a white sedan approaching from West Shore Road speed past, prompting him to stop the car, then arrest the driver for possession of clonazapam and suboxone.
Driver Jumps Curb into Greenwich Avenue Rounabout, Arrested for DUI
By: Rob Borkowski on August 23, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police arrested a self-described designated driver from North Providence with DUI Aug. 7 at 1:19 a.m. after she jumped a curb marking the rotary under construction […]
RIDOT Opening Centerville, Toll Gate, Gilbane Street Roundabout Wednesday
By: Rob Borkowski on in News to You
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT plans to open another roundabout at the intersection of Route 117 (Centerville Road), Route 115 (Toll Gate Road) and Gilbane Street Wednesday as the Apponaug Circulator […]
DOT: Apponaug Roundabouts Part of State-wide Safety Redesign
By: Rob Borkowski on February 11, 2015 in Business, News to You
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.