Washington Bridge
After questioning RIDOT Director Peter Alviti, Rep. June Speakman says she’s troubled by what she sees as little internal accountability or in-house expertise guiding the state’s major infrastructure projects
State lawmakers pressed Director Peter Alviti for answers Thursday, marking the most intense public scrutiny of the Washington Bridge collapse since the release of a critical audit this fall
For the first time since a critical audit, House and Senate Oversight committees will grill RIDOT leaders about who knew what — and why warning signs were missed before the bridge’s abrupt closure in 2023
Saying every House Speaker has a shelf life, Democrat Joe Shekarchi is considering a run for governor because ‘a lot of Rhode Islanders have asked me to run’
The Rhode Island governor says lawyers advised him to keep the April 2024 report private to protect the state’s lawsuit, as lawmakers demand more oversight and transparency
A long-awaited report by an engineering firm was made public on Friday. It does not settle on a singular cause of the closure
Trial tentatively scheduled for Nov. 2027, one year before new bridge completion date
Meg Disanto, 42-year-old Providence resident, says the bridge traffic got so bad that she decided to have her kids change schools
Voters are overwhelmingly skeptical of the promised completion date and cost