Rhode Island’s roads and bridges are annually recognized as being among the nation’s worst.
The good news is that the state and many local communities are finally taking responsibility for significantly improving conditions on the worst roadways. The state, along with Providence, Warwick, Cranston and Pawtucket all have active road-improvement projects. And more is planned in those and other communities, pending approval of funding.
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But should the state and local communities work together more to ensure consistent road quality throughout Rhode Island?
An effort to do just that in the late 1980s, with the creation of a standardized pavement-management system for local roads, fizzled after a few years when state funding ran out.
Given the consistently poor ratings for many of Rhode Island’s roadways, should the state and local communities continue to try to manage the problems on their own?
