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Infrastructure –
New and Improving

Greater Fall River is expanding and rebuilding its local infrastructure to provide city residents and visitors with more opportunities for learning, recreation, and other healthful activities:

In Fall River, a city-wide school construction program has constructed or retrofitted 11 elementary and middle schools over the past decade.

The Quequechan River Rail Trail will soon be constructed to provide  more than a mile of walking and bicycle paths through the center of the City.

A new Inclusion Playground at Kennedy Park now provides accessible recreation for children of all abilities.

Father Kelly & Chew Parks will get much-needed facelifts thanks to a new grant.

A new park and basketball courts now sits at the corner of President Avenue and Robeson Streets.

 

 In Somerset, the Bouthot Veterans Bridge Bike Path connects Fall River with a bicycle path that runs through Somerset and Swansea, connecting with the East Bay Bicycle Path

Fall River has been engaged in striping may of its streets to make them bicycle friendly, all part of the larger Southcoast BikeWay plan to connect Providence with Provincetown!

The South Watuppa Bicycle Path now runs for a half mile behind the Advanced Technogy and Manufacturing Center on Martine Street.

A new BMX Bike Trail has been constructed in Britland Park near the Police Station.

The entire waterfront of Fall River is undergoing an extensive reconstruction of the Route 195 & 79 interface which will result in greater access to the waterfront.

Plans are well underway to bring commuter rail service to Fall River and New Bedford resulting in greater connectivity with Boston and less automobile traffic.

 

 

A large section Fall River’s vast open space in the northeast section of the city has been converted to the state’s first “bio-reserve” an open parkland where recreation is encouraged and educational programs are run daily.

The waterfront hosts a  4,200 foot boardwalk extension and is the site of an ambitious plan for future improvements to its existing attractions.

Fall River City parks, some designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, have  been upgraded. These parks host celebrations, recreation programs, farmer’s markets, and other healthy activities.

The Fall River community has made innovative use of its existing economic infrastructure, turning many old mill buildings into shining new sites for state agency and other office space, a new health care center, outlets, and affordable housing. Additional projects will be undertaken thanks to a Community Preservation Fund recently established by the voters.