RHODE ISLAND will receive $55.9 million in federal funding for public transportation, which the R.I. Public Transit Authority will use toward expanding service and renovating the transit tunnel from North Main Street to Thayer Street on the East Side of Providence.
PROVIDENCE – The state will receive an additional $55.9 million in federal funding for public transportation, members of the R.I. congressional delegation announced Wednesday. The funding, part of the $21 billion infrastructure law, will help the R.I. Public Transit Authority expand service and renovate the transit tunnel from North Main Street to Thayer Street on…