Tag: Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act
Route 114 project finished three years earlier than originally planned
EAST PROVIDENCE – The state has completed the $11 million repaving of a 5-mile stretch of Route 114 here and in Barrington three years...
R.I. gets $23M in federal funding to expand electric vehicle charging...
PROVIDENCE – The state is putting the pedal to the medal on electric vehicles after receiving the federal green light – and nearly a...
New clean-energy incentives not enough
The Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of...
Federal funding sparks conflict between R.I. transportation projects, climate goals
PROVIDENCE – A $750 million injection of federal funds for state transportation improvement projects has become the latest flashpoint in conflict over climate change...
100 R.I. infrastructure projects to be accelerated with federal funding
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday said the state will use federal money to accelerate more than 100 infrastructure projects.
Rhode Island received...
Rhode Island gets $47M in federal aid to upgrade the state’s...
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island is getting $47 million in federal funding to upgrade structurally deficient bridges.
The R.I. Department of Transportation is in the process...
Many states unprepared for broadband windfall
The federal government is pouring billions of dollars into expanding broadband internet access. But it’s at the state level where the financial rubber meets...
R.I. state airports to receive $45M in federal funds over 5...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s state-run airports will receive $45 million from the Federal Aviation Administration over the next five years to help upgrade and...
A crucial, final step for infrastructure bill
With billions of dollars of federal relief authorized over the past 18 months, and more and more Americans receiving vaccinations each day, our economy...