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Repairing roads is not a free ride

Editorial and Op-Ed 04/26/2019

The good news is that the R.I. Department of Transportation expects to spend north of $700 million on projects identified by Gov. Gina M....

THE 2019 CONSTRUCTION season will feature 77 active R.I. Department of Transportation projects.

RIDOT construction season to include 77 active projects

Government 04/19/2019

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation will have 77 active projects in the 2019 construction season with a combined construction value of $715.6...

Raimondo: A ‘partner with business’

Cover Story 04/19/2019

You could say Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is a pragmatist. The way she puts it, she’s not trying to change the world so much...

PBN on WJAR-TV, April 9, 2019

Government 04/09/2019

One-third of the way through a 10-year plan to fix crumbling roads and worst-in-the-nation bridges, is RhodeWorks working? Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy...

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE: The Providence River Pedestrian Bridge is a nearly $22 million project that predates Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s administration, and which is nearing completion. It is the 11th-largest project among the 77 active construction projects being handled by the R.I. Department of Transportation.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Building bridges to safer travel

Capital Goods 04/05/2019

Peter Alviti Jr., the four-year director of the R.I. Department of Transportation, is overseeing 77 active construction projects through the RhodeWorks program. Proposed by Gov....

RECONSTRUCTION: The 6-10 connector is a series of nine bridges, seven of which are structurally deficient. Reconstruction began six months ago, and the work is now in the demolition phase. The total project cost is $410 million.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Top 25 RhodeWorks projects

Government 04/05/2019

The R.I. Department of Transportation has awarded $1.5 billion in contracts for 77 active construction projects through RhodeWorks. Here are the 25 largest projects: 1....

WORK ON the Wood River Valley Bridge, which carries Interstate 95 over the Wood River at the Richmond-Hopkinton town line, will begin next week. The R.I. Department of Transportation does not expect the work to significantly impact travel times. / COURTESY GOOGLE INC.

RIDOT: Work on I-95 bridge at Hopkinton-Richmond town line begins next...

Government 11/23/2018

HOPKINTON – Work on the Wood River Valley Bridge, which carries Interstate 95 over the Wood River and Mechanic Street on the Hopkinton-Richmond town...

REPAIR WORK on bridges that carry I-295 traffic at its interchange with Routes 6 and 6A will begin on Nov. 16. Work will continue through the summer of 2019. / COURTESY GOOGLE LLC

Lane shifts, congestion expected with start of I-295 bridge work

Capital Goods 11/09/2018

JOHNSTON – The start of work on the bridges that carry traffic on Interstate 295 at its interchange with Routes 6 and 6A at...

WORK IS SET to advance on the 6-10 Connector Interchange project starting Nov. 9, resulting in multiple traffic pattern shifts that will last from months to years, with the entire project expected to be complete by the fall of 2023. In a photo taken in the summer of 2015, on one of the bridges of the interchange, just south of Westminster Street, temporary braces put in by the R.I. Department of Transportation 15 years ago were showing signs of deterioration. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

6-10 Connector Interchange work advances on Nov. 9; RIDOT sees delays

Capital Goods 11/02/2018

PROVIDENCE – Work on the 6-10 Connector Interchange reconstruction will advance starting Friday Nov. 9, which will result in traffic pattern changes, the R.I....