Woodhaven School Traffic and Drop-Off

At a glance

• What: traffic, parking and pick-up and drop-off problems around the rebuilt Woodhaven School, plus proposed speed bumps on nearby streets.
• Where it stands: On 2026-11-04 the Council sent speed bumps on Morgan Avenue and Jacksonia Drive to the ordinance committee and voted to write the school department about its drop-off plan; that item was continued to December.
• Next: School department reply and the December Council meeting.

Details

• A councilor requested speed bumps like those installed at other schools, citing speeding on Jacksonia Drive.
• Councilors and the police lieutenant described congestion on Morgan Avenue, Murphy Court, Ryan Lane and Middle Street after two schools were combined and the town's pre-K program moved to the school. Temporary no-parking signs were added, a faculty lot had to be added, and police planned a drone view of traffic the next week; snow is a concern. Ideas included staggered times, a bus horseshoe, and converting planned field space to parking.
• The school building committee is addressed separately under Woodhaven School Buffer Trees.

Sources

• Town Council agenda of 2026-11-04: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=%5CNotices%5C4352%5C2026%5C569912.pdf
• Video and YouTube auto-generated captions of 2026-11-04 (names and figures may be misheard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htqjLQrvrZI

Log

2026-11-04 - Town Council

• Voice votes: send speed bumps to the ordinance committee; send correspondence to the school department asking for an update; continue the drop-off item to December.