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The two main arteries into the city; Broadway and Farewell, are in absolute disrepair. No vehicle, private OR public can sustain prolonged travel on either of these roads without excessive, unnecessary, and expensive maintenance. "Welcome to Newport"? This is not the welcome mat we want to lay out for tourists and their hard earned dollars they plan to leave here. If those roads remain that way I can only foresee expensive repair on emergency response vehicles, further complaints from locals, and lower return rates of tourists and their money.
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John H. (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Well these two roads reduce your expectations so that you're not disappointed when you tear the undercarriage out on Lower Thames and Spring Street. And how about the STILL unfinished intersection at the foot of Washington Square...anytime now on the traffic light...the temporary Stop signs appear to be permanent.
Half the problem is National Grid tearing up the streets and the City PW Department not inspecting the patch job afterwards. They should be held accountable to repair to the original condition but the City doesn't even bother to check their work.
If the pay of the Public Works Director was directly tied to the condition of the infrastructure under their responsibility, there would be a lot more incentive to maintain Newport in an acceptable condition.
David Koohy (Guest)
Donna (Guest)
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steepndeep (Registered User)
Dave (Guest)
Come on down to the Point today. The National Grid road destruction champs have just about annihilated every cross road between Marsh and Van Zandt. They leave the road dug up, dirt and dust everywhere, and then have the freaking audacity to work over the night on a Saturday night to fix "an emergency leak". Funny how those emergency leaks last summer always fell on a weekend night too--can you say, "We like the overtime."? Worst of all the absolutely pitiful public works department in Newport NEVER is on site to maintain any semblance of quality workmanship.
Again, the solution: vote out every single City Council incumbent--if they can't maintain standards they need their walking papers.
Jack (Guest)
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