Bad roads should not be permanent part of Rhode Island experience

PBN Staff

10/11/2019

BAD ROADS: Local communities are responsible for keeping track of their own road-repair projects. An effort in the late 1980s to ensure consistent pavement quality for local roads failed once state funding ran out. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO — ARE RHODE ISLAND roads really among the worst in the nation? The state was recently ranked third worst for potholes in the U.S. based on internet searches on pothole-related complaints. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

It’s not hard to find bad roads in Rhode Island, or any other state where winter settles. No local community is immune, though like too many other fiscal matters, the bumps, depressions and potholes seem a little worse here. The good news, however, is that the state and some local communities are finally taking responsibility

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