McKee must be in step with public on bridge review

ANSWERS NEEDED: Gov. Daniel J. McKee has asked the R.I. Department of Administration to hire a third-party firm to review the Washington Bridge failure and the state’s response. AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

After some early missteps, the McKee administration’s response to the Dec. 11 Washington Bridge closing has improved. The administration was clearly caught off-guard by the massive traffic backups after the sudden closure of the westbound lanes of the Interstate 195 bridge between East Providence and Providence. Waiting until late in the day to announce the

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