Biden shows support for RhodeWorks during R.I. visit

VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden visited Rhode Island on Friday where he told officials the state needs to invest more in its infrastructure. / COURTESY TWITTER
VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden visited Rhode Island on Friday where he told officials the state needs to invest more in its infrastructure. / COURTESY TWITTER

EAST PROVIDENCE – Vice President Joe Biden visited Rhode Island on Friday, where he told officials the state needs to invest more in its infrastructure, media outlets reported.
Biden, according to WPRI-TV CBS 12, spoke at a R.I. Department of Transportation facility, where he praised Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s work on infrastructure and the RhodeWorks initiative.

WJAR-TV NBC 10 reported that Biden defended the concept of partly financing the plan with highway tolls on big-rig trucks.
RhodeWorks is a 10-year, $4.7 billion infrastructure project. Subsidizing the project is a new highway toll that once built will assess a fee on some commercial trucks, something that has raised the ire of the R.I. Trucking Association.

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