In December of 2002 a Pavement Management Program was adopted
by the City of Newport. The
program indexed all of the City's
streets by condition. The Pavement
Condition Index (PCI) rates streets
from 0 (bad) to 100 (good). At
this time the average rating for
Newport Streets is 53.

There are 94 miles of roads in
Newport. Sixty miles worth of
roads need capital imporvements.
Three million dollars per year
should be dedicated to street
maintenance. Over the last two
years the public works department
has worked with the New
England Gas Company and the
PCI to determine blocks of streets
to repair.

In 2002 $500,000 was spent on road repairs.
In 2003 $4.8 million was spent on road repairs; $900,000 on sidewalk repair
In 2004 $4.4 million was spent on road repairs; $1.1 million on sidewalks


Proposed List of Streets for
Improvement - Spring 2005

Armstrong Place
Broadway - Admiral Kalbfus Road to Bliss Road
Chapel Street
Evarts Street
Friendship Place
Friendship Street
Gardiner Street
Hall Avenue - Van Zandt to Sheffield
Halsey Street
Homer Street
Hope Street
Kalif Way
Longwood Place
Sheffield Avenue

© Colleen McGrath 2005