Scalloptown Park Is Open Again; Bike Path Nearly Complete

, the stretch of land that begins at the bottom of Crompton Avenue, is open again after a six-week project to build a bike path. The park was , after it underwent an environmental cleanup in 2008-09.

The state Department of Transportation paid for the bike path, as part of a long-term plan to build a bike path system from North Kingstown to Warwick to East Greenwich and back into Warwick. The Town Council approved a $146,775.50 bid for the project by D'Ambra Construction in October.

"DOT has in their plans to go from old Forge Road across a bridge which they're going to install someday through Scalloptown Park and onto Crompton," said Public Works director Joe Duarte. "Crompton is already a bike path, an on-road bike path. So they wanted to connect that piece. They're not ready with their bridge but we were done so DOT gave us the money to pave that piece."

A fence was also put up on the west side of the road going into the park as required by Amtrak.

According to Duarte, there is still some seeding to be done beside the road. Striping the road and the patch will take place next spring.

planned to connect the park to a bike path from Old Forge Road