Work is underway on a new stretch of bike path in Providence. The project will create an off-road path from India Point Park, north towards Pawtucket. The path is just three-quarters of a mile, but State Department of Transportation Chief Operating Officer Peter Garino says it will connect two major bike paths.
“It may not be a long segment, but it really is a critical segment,” said Garino. “We’re looking at something that really connects both the Blackstone and East Bay Bike path and makes one path out of them. It’s the missing link between the two paths.”
The paths are two of the longest in Rhode Island; the East Bay Bike path goes to Bristol, and the Blackstone Valley Bike path, to Woonsocket.
Garino, said the new portion will follow the banks of the Seekonk river.
“We’re going to be clearing brush and laying down new segregated bike path – off street, off road – and give the bikers an opportunity to safely get from India Point Park to the Blackstone bike path,” said Garino.
The project on the eastside of Providence is expected to cost about 2.5 million dollars, and will take a little less than a year to complete.
