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DOING MORE WITH LESS--
WHEN IT COMES TO
ADDRESSING SAFETY AND
CONGESTION CONCERNS
ON OUR ROADWAYS.
IT'S A NEW PROGRAM
CALLED "STARS"
LOW COST, HIGH BENEFIT
IMPROVEMENTS... THAT'S THE
GOAL OF RIDOT'S
STRATEGICALLY TARGETED
AFFORDABLE ROADWAY
SOLUTIONS -- OR "STARS"
PROGRAM.
(Robert Rocchio) 2:04 "Its
stretching
the dollar and being more
efficient
and effective."
THE PROGRAM KICKED OFF ON
AQUIDNECK ISLAND. CREWS
WILL BE DOING ABOUT 345
THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
WILL BE DOING ABOUT 345
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON THE
ISLAND -- THAT'LL MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
59:03 Such as signs, striping,
pavement markings, signal timing
adjustments you get a lot of
benefit
from that and we can implement
them pretty quickly while we
study
more costly improvements that
take
years to implement."
ADQUIDNECK ISLAND WAS
CHOSEN FOR THE PILOT
"STARS" PROGRAM... BECAUSE
LESS MONEY WAS NEEDED FOR
RESEARCH.
00:17 "they were in the middle
of an
Aquidneck Island transportation
study, an island wide
transportation
study, so they already had a lot
of
data collected and we were able
to
use, leverage that data
RIDOT PLANS TO INVEST ABOUT
500 THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR ON STARS PROJECTS.
THE KICKOFF PROGRAM
HOWEVER RECEIVED SPECIAL
FUNDING.
(J-MO)
RIDOT OFFICIALS SAY THE
NEXT PHASE IS TO TAKE
THE STARS PROGRAM
STATEWIDE... STARTING
WITH OUR HIGHWAYS.
(J-MO)