Segment of Coventry Greenway Closed

In response to recent concerns about hazards on the Coventry Greenway, Steve Church at RIDOT and  Guy LeFebvre from Coventry Parks and Recreation department have asked us to remind users of the Coventry Greenway that the trail section between Whitford Street and Station Street.  This section had not previously been paved or landscaped, though the bridges have been in place for a number of years.

Below is the announcement regarding the ongoing trail work:

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has closed a

portion of the Coventry Greenway in the eastern part of Coventry from

Whitford Street, close to the West Warwick line, to Station Street in

Coventry. The path is under construction and the Department expects to

re-open it in Summer 2010.

RIDOT recently awarded a $1.6 million contract to J.H. Lynch, Inc. of

Cumberland to pave this portion of the Coventry Greenway, which has a

gravel surface with paved bike path segments at either end. RIDOT asks

that cyclists and pedestrians refrain from accessing the path until

construction is complete. Three bridge crossings along this segment of

the Coventry Greenway will be blocked off.

When completed, this new segment will join the rest of the Coventry

Greenway and three other paths – the West Warwick Greenway, Warwick Bike

Path and the Cranston Bike Path – to form a 14.2-mile continuous bike

path from Cranston to Central Coventry. Collectively the paths are known

as the Washington Secondary Bike Path, and will become the

second-longest bike path in Rhode Island behind the 14.5-mile East Bay

Bike Path.

See press release for more details