Tag: Rhode Island Department of Transportation
State awards $625M contract to remove, replace 15 bridges
PROVIDENCE – State transportation officials have awarded a $625 million contract to three companies that will oversee a project to remove and repair 15...
RIDOT to fix, replace 15 bridges along I-95 corridor in $779M...
CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Transportation will repair, replace or eliminate 15 bridges along the Interstate 95 corridor from Providence to Warwick by...
Alviti: Bridge bypass lanes could be opened this weekend; traffic snarls...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. on Wednesday said the state plans to open bypass lanes on the Washington Bridge...
Neronha: RIDOT’s carbon reduction plan ‘falls far short’
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation's initial plans for its carbon reduction strategy received a rebuke from state attorney general on Thursday, with...
R.I. bridge, road projects get $60.3M in federal funding
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation will receive more than $60.3 million for road and bridge work and to advance existing transportation projects...
R.I.’s electric vehicle rebate program to start July 7
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is launching its new electric vehicle rebate program next month, the latest in a series of state efforts to curb...
Lack of explanation over state bus hub plan leaves riders with...
PROVIDENCE – State transportation officials will continue making their case at public meetings on Tuesday for a new public transit hub on Dorrance Street...
McKee touts strategy for downtown bus hub project in transportation forum
PROVIDENCE - Amid recent community debate over bike lanes and bus-hub improvements in the capital city, Gov. Daniel J. McKee is stressing the importance...
Commuter rail key to R.I. growth
Mary MacDonald’s Sept. 1, 2017 article, “The state’s 2012 bet on commuter-rail service has yet to pay off. Is it time to privatize?” is...
Blackstone River Bikeway adds new segment
PROVIDENCE -- A bike trail that will eventually connect Providence to Woonsocket was expanded Thursday with the opening of a .71-mile segment in Providence.
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