Tell R.I. officials you don't want $27M shifted away from bike/walk projects

We need your voice! Rhode Island's Department of Transportation is proposing to transfer $26.52 million from the Transportation Alternatives Program — used to fund bicycle, pedestrian, road safety, ADA, and environmental projects — to fund highway work.

Rhode Island has been on the path to becoming one of the first states to complete its stretch of the East Coast Greenway, but this funding shift threatens to derail that progress. The dozens of projects to be canceled or delayed -- to pay for the equivalent of one major highway investment -- include:

South County Bike Path extension

Woonasquatucket Greenway extension

Ten Mile River Greenway extension

Trestle Trail in Coventry, connecting to paths in Connecticut

Blackstone Bikeway in Woonsocket

Warren Bike Path

Help out!

1. Make a phone call:

Call Governor Gina Raimondo's office, 401.222.2080.

Give your name, where in Rhode Island you live, and that you oppose Major Amendment #11 of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, which would shift $27 million away from the Transportation Alternatives Program.

You can add that taking funding away from the bike and walk projects risks the safety, health, and well-being of all Rhode Islanders.

2. Attend a public hearing

The Transportation Advisory Committee is holding two public hearings on Amendment 11:

Monday, Feb. 25, 5:30 pm, Town Hall, 25 Fifth Avenue, Narragansett

Thursday, Feb. 28, 4 pm, Department of Administration, 1 Capitol Hill, Providence



Thanks for adding your voice to this effort. Please share this petition with family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers who may want to help, too.