Posts Tagged ‘RIDOT’
Fore! Clearing the way for TopGolf Cranston
From Davol Medical Services – to Citizens Bank – to RI COVID testing and vaccinating – to…TopGolf. The large white building on Sockanosset Cross Roads is about to make a sporty transition. Land clearing has begun, after 2 to 3 years of hearings, meetings, and banter in the community, including a city council “meet the…
Read MoreFlyover ramp opens. Connects Route 10 North to Route 6 West, 70 years later.
New ramp provides first-ever direct highway connection; eliminates decades-old detour through Olneyville Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen James Langevin and David Cicilline, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. today joined with state and local leaders to officially open the…
Read MoreUpdated: RIDOT, Providence businesses say STOP to bike lanes – “The city created this disaster”
Update (10/6/21): TODAY, Peter Alviti, head of RIDOT, says that this construction is in violation of binding agreements of a contract – they cannot use taxpayer federal dollars to do the project. The revamp must maintain the original intent which is as a two lane road primarily intended for egress from downtown Providence. Update (10/7/21):…
Read MoreRIDOT Weight Restricts 13-year-old Lafayette Bridge, Ramps Up Truck Weight Enforcement – tonight at RI State House
RI Trucking Association Statement: DOT Weight-Restricts 13-Year Old Bridge, Ramps Up Truck Weight Enforcement Davisville Bridge, completed in 2007, is posted with a restriction due to structural deficiency while state, which sells overweight permits, continues redirection of blame with new legislation increasing truck weight fines On Friday, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) placed…
Read MoreRI Trucking Assoc responds to doubling of some toll fees
Recently Rhode Islanders learned that some bridge tolls would double from their original approved fees, but that that would be offset by 2 less gantries being constructed, at this time, than originally planned for. The total dollars collected are expected to be the same. There has been no official adjustment on the new number of…
Read More$50 million boost for Rhode Island bridges
US Senator Jack Reed announced an extra $50 million to boost much needed Rhode Island bridge improvements and repairs. These funds will also support job creation and improving of infrastructure. Reed notes his leadership post on the Appropriations Committee for paying major dividends for Rhode Island by directing millions in additional federal funding to address…
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