NEWPORT — The Vermont Downtown Development Board recently allocated over $600,000 in grants to improve eight downtown areas, and some of this money is going to support sidewalk improvements in Newport.
Newport is set to receive $85,000 for safety improvements to one of downtown Newport’s busiest intersections, a priority identified in the recently completed Downtown and Waterfront Master Plan.
Money from the grant will be used to address the Fyfe, Main, and Second Street intersections.
The project includes extending the curbing and installing “rapid flashing beacons” at the intersection.
Fyfe will be slightly widened to accommodate delivery trucks, and the municipal lot will see some changes as well.
The one-way parking on Second Street will be flipped to allow better intersection alignment.
City officials say they expect work to start late in the summer-autumn months.
