stand-up-tragedy t1_j6mwqzq wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Reply to comment by kbd77 in A team of people studying noise pollution in Providence says the city is inordinately loud for its size – a problem that impacts public health as well as the environment. by GoxBoxSocks

I wholeheartedly agree that this would be amazing. My question is. How can we make this happen? What can we do as citizens to start this conversation?

stand-up-tragedy t1_j6mxt4t wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:58 PM

Also: recent opinion piece on this: https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/09/sender-25-the-highway-divided-providence-a-cap-over-i-95-can-fix-it

Proof-Variation7005 t1_j6p73fl wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:32 PM

>What can we do as citizens to start this conversation?

Even though this isn't nearly the same project, I'd start with waiting for most of the people who were alive and aware of the Big Dig to be dead. It'd still require an uphill battle of convincing 80% of the state pay for and endure extra construction on something they won't really see any benefits from, but it might be slightly less impossible of an idea to sell.

stand-up-tragedy t1_j6pbq6v wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:03 PM

Although the Dig itself was a fiasco, no one is complaining about how great the greenway is…

There’s federal money available to do just this. It’s a connecting neighborhoods program. If you take a look at the article I linked it says that the time to apply ends 2027 though. So it’s feasible that most of the project could be paid for by the federal government. I’m sure that would ease some of the worries state level even if somebody’s cousin still winds up being the person getting that fed money.