East Providence Senior Center scheduled to close Aug. 10-21 for repaving

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The East Providence Senior Center is scheduled to close for approximately two weeks in August while repaving work is completed, according to an announcement from the City of East Providence.

The scheduled closure runs from Monday, Aug. 10, through Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. The city published the announcement July 23, giving people who use the facility notice before the work is set to begin.

For Senior Center users, the practical change is a temporary interruption in access to the facility during the closure window. People who rely on the center should plan around those dates. The city’s announcement identifies repaving as the reason for the closure but does not specify whether every program or service connected to the center will be affected in the same way.

What the city has confirmed

The confirmed action is a temporary closure of the East Providence Senior Center for paving work. The planned end date is Friday, Aug. 21, although the approved information does not provide additional reopening details beyond that scheduled date.

The available city information does not identify the contractor, the project cost or the exact area being repaved. It also does not list alternate senior services during the closure.

As a result, the announcement does not establish whether transportation, meals, classes or other programs will change while the building is closed. It also does not support saying that all senior services will be suspended. Likewise, the available information does not establish that surrounding streets or the entire area around the facility will be closed.

Separate City Council notice

The city’s official agenda page lists an Aug. 4, 2026, City Council public hearing notice. That listing provides a separate municipal record of current East Providence government activity, but the approved information does not state that the hearing concerns the Senior Center repaving or the scheduled closure.

For now, the known timeline is the city’s approximately two-week closure beginning Aug. 10 and ending Aug. 21. No contractor, cost, alternate-service plan or further facility information was included in the available announcement.