Bellingham Undertakes Roadway Project
Dozens of communities around the state fight each year to get their hometown project on the much-coveted Transportation Improvement Project list, which dictates which improvements will be funded by the state.
The Town of Bellingham, after years of advocacy and thanks largely to federal stimulus money, finally got on the list.
Now, a $9.5 million project to improve safety of intersections, widen the road and fix stormwater drainage along Pulaksi Boulevard is underway.
Starting the week of July 9 there will be a road closure along parts of a 2.5-mile stretch of Pulaski Boulevard, which will continue through the fall of this year.
Pulaski Boulevard turns into Route 126 on the Southern end, where it enters Rhode Island, and turns into Washington Street to the North, where it intersects with Interstate 495.
The roadway is an important commuting route for Rhode Island residents heading north toward 495.
“We barely have two nickels to throw together, so to get this kind of support from the federal government is pretty significant,” said Donald DeMartino, commissioner of the Bellingham Department of Public Works.
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