Tag: RhodeWorks
Washington Bridge looms over FY2025 transportation budget hearing
PROVIDENCE – What would typically be a routine budget hearing for the head of the R.I. Department of Transportation in any other year quickly...
McKee administration formally appeals ruling against truck tolls
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's administration on Wednesday filed a formal notice that it is appealing a federal judge's order to shut down...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, September 2022
1. R.I. misses out on $1B in federal funding for economic projects POSTED ONLINE: SEPT. 2 Ambitions to jump-start the state’s biotech and blue economies with...
RIDOT celebrates reopening of Cottrell Bridge in Westerly
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation along with state, federal and local officials celebrated the reopening of the Cottrell Bridge in Westerly Monday.
The $5.5 million...
U.S. judge favors trucking industry over RhodeWorks tolls
PROVIDENCE – The trucking industry scored a significant legal victory in federal court Wednesday against the state’s transportation department over the controversial truck tolling...
State breaks ground on $12.9M Airport Connector renovations
WARWICK – Rhode Island’s “welcome mat” – as Gov. Daniel J. McKee describes the 1-mile road – is getting a makeover as part of...
U.S. should join, not block, China’s Belt and Road
The Belt and Road Initiative is China’s new, massive Silk Road. The ancient Silk Road was a trade route between China and Eastern Europe....
Town Hall discussion scheduled for Henderson Bridge replacement
EAST PROVIDENCE – One of the larger RhodeWorks projects on tap for the next several years will be the subject of a virtual town...
Raimondo reengineered Commerce RI, but its true test may be yet...
Few would dispute that Rhode Island is in better shape economically than it was five years ago when Gov. Gina M. Raimondo began her...
RIDOT: I-95 Oxford Street Bridge replacement completed ahead of schedule, $500K...
PROVIDENCE — Construction to replace the Oxford Street Bridge on Interstate 95 in the city was completed this week, six months ahead of schedule...