He and other Knightville business people say they will welcome a more village-like pace with fewer cars when the new Fore River bridge opens this summer. Business owners say the pace helps deter those who'd prefer to stop in and patronize their stores. But the owner of the new pizza and sandwich shop is looking forward to the time when most of that traffic is gone.
Eateries usually love to be on a busy thoroughfare.
All that traffic in Knightville will be cut to a third or less when the new Fore River bridge opens this summer and shifts traffic away from Ocean Street. Roberts and other new business owners in Knightville say they'll welcome a more village-like pace with fewer cars. Change is coming to Knightville. That's the only known fact about the future of the city's traditional downtown area after the new bridge opens. The new bridge, which the Legislature has yet to name officially, will touch down at Waterman Drive and Broadway.