Coventry’s planning director said 1,500 to 2,000 homes are expected near the Centre of New England, but the town’s intersection study and a multimillion-dollar grant application are still pending. The commission approved the 196-unit Dunes plan without a traffic mitigation condition.
Coventry, R.I. — The Coventry Planning Commission on Wednesday night approved the preliminary plan for The Dunes, a 196-unit housing development off Centre of New England Boulevard, after dropping a proposed condition that would have tied the project to future intersection improvements, according to the Coventry Planning Commission’s published meeting recording.
The debate over that condition showed how much residential growth is headed for the area, and how little the town can yet say about who will pay for the road work it is likely to need. Planning Director Doug McLean told the commission that 1,500 to 2,000 units are anticipated in the area, and that a town study of the surrounding intersections is not finished…