R.I. nets $5M for East Bay Bike Path bridges

Updated at 5:07 p.m.

Jacquelyn Voghel

03/22/2022

TWO WOODEN BOARDWALKS adjacent to Route 114 currently serve as a temporary detour while the East Bay Bike Path bridges await repair. / PBN PHOTO/JACQUELYN VOGHEL

BARRINGTON – The potential replacement of two East Bay Bike Path bridges will receive a $5 million boost from the $1.5 trillion federal spending bill. The funding, part of a $229 million federal allocation to Rhode Island announced by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., will bring the project closer to its estimated price tag of…