Blackstone River Greenway
Blackstone River Greenway - Bike Path State/ Segment begins Comment Massachusetts
MA-7. Worcester, Brosnihan Square (Quinsigamond Ave. at Arwick Ave.)
Completed portion. Millbury. North Main St., (just south of Rt 146)
1.5 miles Separated, on road segment from Crompton Park to McGrath Blvd, and to intermodal facility at Union Station in Design. Preliminary design plans submitted December 2012; TIP shows Proj No 605820; Project Cost $4.6M available, mostly federal HPP $ Fay, Spofford & Thorndike working on Design. Funding for this work is at risk; seeking extention. ************************************************ Related projects include on-Road bike lane through Canal District, completed in 2012. Also Quinsig Village Bikeway (Proj #605780 - spur to BRG), being designed/ built with HPP funds originally targeting the Blackstone River bicycling plan. Worcester Visitor Center is also a related project, with designated HPP funds (606629), also at risk due to elapsed time without City progress.
2.5 miles
Complete
MA - 3, 4, 5 Begins in Uxbridge, at River Bend Farm
13. miles. From Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, through several wellidentified mill villages, to existing Bike Path in Millbury. These segments are through the Towns of Uxbridge, Northbridge, Grafton, Sutton and Millbury. Design is on hold. P&W is a critical partner; design must be sensitive to rail operations, and environmental issues. Securing ROW is essential. Environmental constraints and ROW needs mean this will likely necessitate some on-road portions, and be a very expensive stretch
MA - 2 Begins in South Uxbridge, where SNETT approaches Route 146A and Adams St
7.7 miles. Anticipate preliminary design contract to evaluate previus Cullinan alignment, to begin early 2013. Extensive ROW needs. Anticipate $1m design cost.
MA-1
About 4.2 miles - Construction (repair/maintenance) of existing bridges underway; Final design of remaining structures and of the Greenway being completed. Construction anticipated 2013
MA-1 Blackstone Northern "The Depot"
3.7 mile. Bike path follows SNETT in this offroad segment. Bridge repair work underway. Design of this phase nearing completion; local Conservation Commission permitting nearly complete. Design underway for Main St. bridge and Church St. underpass and for Triad Bridge; construction on these bridges anticipated Summer 2013
MA-1 Southern State Line
0.5 miles. Preliminary alignment (by VHB) under DCR review. DCR also reviewing structural report and alternatives analysis of viaduct. The route in this area will require significant engineering
Websites of Interest www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org Bike updates and more! www.nps.gov/blac Your guide to the Blackstone River Valley NHC www.exploreri.org - water trail maps for the Blackstone (Mass and RI!)
Key Contacts (MA) Project Manager - DCR Dan Driscoll [email protected] 617-626-1438
Design team (segments 1-2) VHB - Watertown, MA office 617-924-1770 Design Team (segment 7) Fay Spofford and Thorndike (FST)
GREENWAY
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor For information and updates, please call us at 401-762-0250, or online at www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org Jan Reitsma
Megan DiPrete
[email protected]
[email protected] please note mileage/distances are approximate
February 4, 2013
Blackstone River Greenway - Bike Path Comment
State/segment begins Rhode Island
RI - Design Segment 8
3.5 miles total On-road bike route designated by Woonsocket City Council will serve as temporary Blackstone River Bike Route through City, connecting existing bikeway terminous with the anticipated connection to the Blackstone River Greenway and bicycle path in Massachusetts; Striping and signage to be installed spring 2013
Design Woonsocket Segment Cold Spring 8C Park
Preliminary design plans complete, reviewed by the City. Bikeway will cross the Blackstone River and go into North Smithfield, terminating at the Blackstone MA state line. Funded on TIP; anticipate construction in 2014
Design Market Sq/ Segment River Island 8B Park
VHB provided concept plans for addressing challenging points in December 2012. In planning/preliminary design phase.
Design Woonsocket Segment Davison St 8A
Preliminary design plans completed; reviewed by City. Moving into full design. TIP shows STP construction funding ($5M total); construction anticipated 2014
Cumberland, Heritage Park, Complete through Lincoln and into Woonsocket
10.5 miles of separated, off-road "bikeway" follows the Blackstone River; Plus a spur to the Blackstone River Visitor Center on I-295, and a spur to the Blackstone River State Park on Front St., Lincoln. Complete, through portions of Central Falls, Lincoln, Cumberland, Woonsocket. This end of the off-road facility begins at the Valley Falls Pond and the restored Lonsdale Marsh system. The northern end of this entirely off-road "bikeway" is at Rivers Edge Rec. Complex, Davison St at Manville Road / Route 126 in Woonsocket
RI-Design Segment 3
About 3.5 miles long
Pawtucket, 3B Branch St.
Concept/alignment plan complete by VHB. At Pierce Park and Riverwalk, need Phase I Arhaeological Study done (est. 2013), then will seek env. permits. On-road signage provides temporary bike route through Pawtucket and Central Falls, to Cumberland (via Roosevelt, Charles, High, Broad, Meeting, Chase, Titus, Silva, Jones)
Pawtucket 3A Landing
VHB has drafted alternatives analyses of several challenging points; anticipate evaluation in early 2013. On-road signage provides temporary bike route through Pawtucket to Main St. at the Slater Mill and Visitor Center, then Roosevelt Ave.
Providence Complete Pitman Square
4 miles; Complete. Mostly on-road designated bike lanes follow from Pitman Sq, River Drive, Irving, Blackstone Blvd, Alfred Stone, Pleasant, Bowles, Taft to Pawtucket Town Landing
Design work (along NBC sewer line) anticipated RI- Design Providence to begin Jan 2013; route will potentially coincide Segment India Point Park with the bridge/linear park segment to the south. 1A Temporary on-road route marked
Key Contacts (RI) Project Managers
Design team - VHB
Lambri Zerva (RIDOT)
Providence RI Office
[email protected]
401-272-8100
Bob Bailey (RIDEM) [email protected]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor For information and updates, please call us at 401-762-0250, or online at www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org
Jan Reitsma
Megan DiPrete
[email protected]
[email protected]
GREENWAY
Websites of Interest www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org Bike updates and more!
Temporary On-road route markings
www.nps.gov/blac Your guide to the Blackstone River Valley NHC www.exploreri.org - water trail maps for the Blackstone (Mass and RI!) please note mileage/distances are approximate
February 4, 2013
MA-7. Worcester, Brosnihan Square (Quinsigamond Ave. at Arwick Ave.)
Completed portion. Millbury. North Main St., (just south of Rt 146)
1.5 miles Separated, on road segment from Crompton Park to McGrath Blvd, and to intermodal facility at Union Station in Design. Preliminary design plans submitted December 2012; TIP shows Proj No 605820; Project Cost $4.6M available, mostly federal HPP $ Fay, Spofford & Thorndike working on Design. Funding for this work is at risk; seeking extention. ************************************************ Related projects include on-Road bike lane through Canal District, completed in 2012. Also Quinsig Village Bikeway (Proj #605780 - spur to BRG), being designed/ built with HPP funds originally targeting the Blackstone River bicycling plan. Worcester Visitor Center is also a related project, with designated HPP funds (606629), also at risk due to elapsed time without City progress.
2.5 miles
Complete
MA - 3, 4, 5 Begins in Uxbridge, at River Bend Farm
13. miles. From Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, through several wellidentified mill villages, to existing Bike Path in Millbury. These segments are through the Towns of Uxbridge, Northbridge, Grafton, Sutton and Millbury. Design is on hold. P&W is a critical partner; design must be sensitive to rail operations, and environmental issues. Securing ROW is essential. Environmental constraints and ROW needs mean this will likely necessitate some on-road portions, and be a very expensive stretch
MA - 2 Begins in South Uxbridge, where SNETT approaches Route 146A and Adams St
7.7 miles. Anticipate preliminary design contract to evaluate previus Cullinan alignment, to begin early 2013. Extensive ROW needs. Anticipate $1m design cost.
MA-1
About 4.2 miles - Construction (repair/maintenance) of existing bridges underway; Final design of remaining structures and of the Greenway being completed. Construction anticipated 2013
MA-1 Blackstone Northern "The Depot"
3.7 mile. Bike path follows SNETT in this offroad segment. Bridge repair work underway. Design of this phase nearing completion; local Conservation Commission permitting nearly complete. Design underway for Main St. bridge and Church St. underpass and for Triad Bridge; construction on these bridges anticipated Summer 2013
MA-1 Southern State Line
0.5 miles. Preliminary alignment (by VHB) under DCR review. DCR also reviewing structural report and alternatives analysis of viaduct. The route in this area will require significant engineering
Websites of Interest www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org Bike updates and more! www.nps.gov/blac Your guide to the Blackstone River Valley NHC www.exploreri.org - water trail maps for the Blackstone (Mass and RI!)
Key Contacts (MA) Project Manager - DCR Dan Driscoll [email protected] 617-626-1438
Design team (segments 1-2) VHB - Watertown, MA office 617-924-1770 Design Team (segment 7) Fay Spofford and Thorndike (FST)
GREENWAY
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor For information and updates, please call us at 401-762-0250, or online at www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org Jan Reitsma
Megan DiPrete
[email protected]
[email protected] please note mileage/distances are approximate
February 4, 2013
Blackstone River Greenway - Bike Path Comment
State/segment begins Rhode Island
RI - Design Segment 8
3.5 miles total On-road bike route designated by Woonsocket City Council will serve as temporary Blackstone River Bike Route through City, connecting existing bikeway terminous with the anticipated connection to the Blackstone River Greenway and bicycle path in Massachusetts; Striping and signage to be installed spring 2013
Design Woonsocket Segment Cold Spring 8C Park
Preliminary design plans complete, reviewed by the City. Bikeway will cross the Blackstone River and go into North Smithfield, terminating at the Blackstone MA state line. Funded on TIP; anticipate construction in 2014
Design Market Sq/ Segment River Island 8B Park
VHB provided concept plans for addressing challenging points in December 2012. In planning/preliminary design phase.
Design Woonsocket Segment Davison St 8A
Preliminary design plans completed; reviewed by City. Moving into full design. TIP shows STP construction funding ($5M total); construction anticipated 2014
Cumberland, Heritage Park, Complete through Lincoln and into Woonsocket
10.5 miles of separated, off-road "bikeway" follows the Blackstone River; Plus a spur to the Blackstone River Visitor Center on I-295, and a spur to the Blackstone River State Park on Front St., Lincoln. Complete, through portions of Central Falls, Lincoln, Cumberland, Woonsocket. This end of the off-road facility begins at the Valley Falls Pond and the restored Lonsdale Marsh system. The northern end of this entirely off-road "bikeway" is at Rivers Edge Rec. Complex, Davison St at Manville Road / Route 126 in Woonsocket
RI-Design Segment 3
About 3.5 miles long
Pawtucket, 3B Branch St.
Concept/alignment plan complete by VHB. At Pierce Park and Riverwalk, need Phase I Arhaeological Study done (est. 2013), then will seek env. permits. On-road signage provides temporary bike route through Pawtucket and Central Falls, to Cumberland (via Roosevelt, Charles, High, Broad, Meeting, Chase, Titus, Silva, Jones)
Pawtucket 3A Landing
VHB has drafted alternatives analyses of several challenging points; anticipate evaluation in early 2013. On-road signage provides temporary bike route through Pawtucket to Main St. at the Slater Mill and Visitor Center, then Roosevelt Ave.
Providence Complete Pitman Square
4 miles; Complete. Mostly on-road designated bike lanes follow from Pitman Sq, River Drive, Irving, Blackstone Blvd, Alfred Stone, Pleasant, Bowles, Taft to Pawtucket Town Landing
Design work (along NBC sewer line) anticipated RI- Design Providence to begin Jan 2013; route will potentially coincide Segment India Point Park with the bridge/linear park segment to the south. 1A Temporary on-road route marked
Key Contacts (RI) Project Managers
Design team - VHB
Lambri Zerva (RIDOT)
Providence RI Office
[email protected]
401-272-8100
Bob Bailey (RIDEM) [email protected]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor For information and updates, please call us at 401-762-0250, or online at www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org
Jan Reitsma
Megan DiPrete
[email protected]
[email protected]
GREENWAY
Websites of Interest www.blackstonevalleycorridor.org Bike updates and more!
Temporary On-road route markings
www.nps.gov/blac Your guide to the Blackstone River Valley NHC www.exploreri.org - water trail maps for the Blackstone (Mass and RI!) please note mileage/distances are approximate
February 4, 2013
