With bus/train station coming, redevelopment focus for Pawtucket, Central Falls must be local

PBN Staff

11/09/2018

AN OPPORTUNE TIME: Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien speaks at the Slater Mill about the need to develop a comprehensive plan for redevelopment after the Pawtucket Red Sox announced the team was leaving the city. Seated at left is Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, who said the state would work to build tools to help Pawtucket and Central Falls, which will have a new transit center built less than a mile from the historic site.   / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

More than a decade after it was first discussed, ground was broken for a commuter train and bus station in Pawtucket earlier this month, and simply put, it is good news. With service for buses by the R.I. Public Transit Authority at the Pawtucket-Central Falls Commuter Rail Station and Bus Hub expected to begin in

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