Third Street catch basins cleaned

Here’s an update on the flooding issue received from Francisco Lovera at DOT. Project members raised this issue with Francisco at our meeting on Sept. 9. 
On Sep 15, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Lovera, Francisco wrote:
Hi Jon,
Following up to our previous email, we want to let you know that our Maintenance personnel cleaned out the catch [...]

Should the Smithfield Ave. intersection be two-way?

 
On Tuesday, the Project steering group, joined by Rep. Gordon Fox and Councilman Kevin Jackson, talked about the possibility of making the Smithfield Ave connector between North Main and Nashua Streets two-way with DOT’s Francisco Lovera. We agreed to get more input from the community before making such a request, but here is the current [...]

DOT will check NMS storm drains

On Sep 10, 2008 In response to discussion on Sept. 9, Francicso Lovera of the Department of Transportation wrote:
As a follow up to yesterday’s meeting, we contacted our Maintenance Division and asked to check that the drainage structures in North Main and Third Street are not clogged. We also asked our Drainage Engineer to take [...]

Transit experts: North Main key to RI transit future

Looming RIPTA service cuts competed with street flooding, the potential for making Smithfield Avenue’s intersection with North Main two-way and a visionary future of bus or rail rapid transit for space on a crowded transit agenda at a meeting of Project committee members and transit experts Francisco Lovera of the RI Department of Transportation and [...]

North Main History Workshop Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7pm

Event: Public workshop on the history of North Main Street
Date and time: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: Carriage House Theater, 9 Duncan Ave
For more info: email Jonathan Howard, or call 331-2272 
The North Main Street Project will host a workshop looking at North Main Street’s lively past as a vital center for sports [...]