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Traffic Calming Details
To accompany Jon’s post below, here’s a downloadable map/schedule for the Summit Neighborhood Traffic Calming.
Traffic calming - take a deep breath
Those funny lines at corners along Rochambeau, Summit and Hope and the major work along Lorimer is the long-awaited traffic calming project first developed almost five years ago through a series of meetings on each affected street. Councilman Kevin Jackson and SNA worked very hard to get the plans completed and to keep this project on track. However, it has taken much longer than expected to get things underway, so even though SNA has regularly posted updates in our newsletter, it’s not surprising that people have forgotten this was coming.
The City Department of Public Works and the contractor, Narragansett Improvement Company, did not notify us or individual residents (or even Councilman Jackson) that they were beginning work, an oversight they have promised to remedy when they start new sites. Kevin Jackson has shared the schedule (posted below) and a full set of plans. Please call John Bazik at 331-1644 (eves and weekends) if you have questions about the design.
A few clarifications. First, this project was demanded by Summit residents responding to the increased volume and speed of cars traveling through our residential streets. The specific sites and designs were discussed and reviewed at public meetings during 2001. Second, the main purpose of the project is to make our streets safer for people on foot, particularly children. Read more
July Lippitt Park Events from Neighborhood Performing Arts Institute
The Neighborhood Performing Arts Institute has events scheduled throughout the summer at various locations around the city. Every Thursday night in July our own Lippitt Park will feature one of these events. Unfortunately, the schedule information is buried on the city’s website in a PDF file (click here to download it) which means that exactly three people will find out about them if we don’t help spread the word.
In an effort to make the information just a little bit more accessible, here is the Lippitt Park schedule for July.
- Jump, Inc. July 7 @ 6PM
- Mark Binder July 14th @ 6PM
- The Door of No Return (by Nehassaiu DeGannes) July 21 @ 6PM
- Pendragon July 28 @ 6PM
There aren’t any details from the Neighborhood Performing Arts Institute on what these events are (e.g. Music, Plays, etc.). So if anyone wants to add details re: these events in the comments below, please do!