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November 8, 2007

DOT will open new Route 195 entrance ramp tomorrow

Three days and and countless angry comments later, the state's Department of Transportation has decided to open an additional ramp beginning tomorrow.

The ramp will open for the evening commute.

In a statement, the Department said opening the new South Main Street on-ramp to 195 east should ease congestion. The ramp is about than 1,000 feet west and south of the old Wickenden Street on-ramp.

But it's not simple.

The new South Main Street on-ramp to 195 east will only be open Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. to help ease the evening traffic jams that quadrupled some commuters' time on the road. All other times, it will be blocked.

When the new ramp is open, the Wickenden Street on-ramp will be closed.

"We will continue to do construction on the new South Main Street ramp when it is not open to traffic,"Jerome F. Williams, RIDOT’s director said in a statement.

In the meantime, the opening, Williams said, “will improve traffic flow and create another way to reduce the congestion that has been occurring at the Wickenden Street on-ramp.”

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