Tag: RIDOT
New East Bay Bike Path bridge begins to span Palmer River
WARREN – The East Bay Bike Path bridge project is making visible progress, with crews beginning to expand sections of the new bridge across...
RIDING THE RAILS: Is $63M train station helping to put Pawtucket...
The train platform at the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center is bustling, and longtime Pawtucket resident Charlie Zechel is among the dozens of people waiting...
Long-term proposals to close RIPTA’s shortfall could face a rough road
While the officials controlling the state's purse strings can point to budget deficits, lagging ridership levels and late efficiency studies as reasons not to...
McKee: Washington Bridge’s south span is safe
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday pushed back against what he said are “irresponsible” claims posted on social media and elsewhere asserting...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2024
From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...
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...
RIDOT launches real-time traffic dashboard
PROVIDENCE – In response to continuing traffic caused by closure of the westbound lanes on the Washington Bridge, the R.I. Department of Transportation has...
Rush hour, traffic anxieties continue to hurt small businesses amid Washington...
PROVIDENCE – Over the past few years, resilience has been a common theme – and a necessity – for many of Rhode Island's small...
RIDOT launches webpage providing statewide bridge status updates
PROVIDENCE – A newly launched webpage will provide public access to current status and condition reports on all Ocean State bridges.
The webpage, announced last week by the R.I. Department of Transportation, includes...