Tag: R.I. Department of Transportation
Foulkes: R.I. needs new leader to make an abrupt course correction
Helena Buonanno Foulkes says she’s used the last four years wisely.
Foulkes came within 3,500 votes of unseating incumbent Gov. Daniel J. McKee in the...
Providence bike lane network getting renewed attention
More than three years after Providence secured a $27.2 million federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant, Mayor Brett P. Smiley says construction...
For the state officials, it’s been one drama after another
Gov. Daniel J. McKee, a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive when two-term Gov. Gina M. Raimondo was tapped as U.S....
Newport’s slave trade memorial taking years to become reality
Nearly a decade after the idea was first proposed, Newport’s Middle Passage Memorial is moving closer to becoming reality. But for those behind the...
RIPTA seeks public input for Metro Connector Study
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has scheduled opportunities for the public to weigh in on its Metro Connector Study, the agency...
RIDOT picks the company that will restart R.I.’s truck tolls
The long-awaited return of truck tolls is still on track for 2027, albeit a little later than the R.I. Department of Transportation had promised.
The...
Crowley elected RIPTA board chairman amid funding, service pressures
PROVIDENCE – Patrick Crowley was unanimously elected chair of the R.I. Public Transit Authority Board of Directors on Thursday, stepping into the leadership role...
Five Questions With: Robert Rocchio
Robert Rocchio | Acting director, R.I. Department of Transportation
1. You stepped into this role as Rhode Island reckons with numerous high-impact transportation challenges....
R.I. Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest to stay on
Rhode Island Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest isn’t retiring after all.
At least, not on July 3, as Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s office...
Report: Special master named in Washington Bridge lawsuit
PROVIDENCE – A special master has been named to resolve a dispute over access to documents in the state’s lawsuit against 13 construction and...
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