Friends of India Point Park

burying the waterfront power lines

expanding waterfront public space

new playground

cleanups and tree mulching
2005 capital campaign

NEW OVERHEAD POWER LINES:
FAR MORE CONSPICUOUS TO FAR MORE PEOPLE ON THE WATERFRONT

If the waterfront power lines are relocated above ground, they will be much more obtrusive than ever, and will be seen by thousands more people at new vantage points to be created by the I-195 relocation and Washington Bridge linear park projects. Though following a similar route to the present one (across the Providence River, India Point Park's soccer field and playground, and the Seekonk River), the wires and their towers would be highlighted by the new water views that will be accessible to large crowds drawn to the improved waterfront. The public works projects will open up new vistas from:

· The linear park on the Washington Bridge, looking down the Seekonk to the Bay, and the power lines.

· The East Bay Bike Path where it enters the city, with the wires and towers in the foreground.

· The pedestrian bridge, which will be open to the sky, the Bay, and the power lines.

· India Street's I-195 entrance and exit ramps overlooking India Point Park, the Bay, and the wires.

· The I-195 bridge over the Providence River, looking north at the downtown skyline, through the power lines. And on the Corliss Landing/Heritage Harbor-area Riverwalks, bisected by the wires.

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Rhode Island will be poorly served if one state agency (DOT) spends $530 million to upgrade the waterfront while another allows it to be permanently defaced.