PORTSMOUTH/TIVERTON — Contractors for the R.I. Department of Transportation (RIDOT) ramped up demolition work on the old Sakonnet River Bridge Wednesday. “They are removing the … more

Free rides into the city from Wickford Junction mean that a night out on the town is closer – and cheaper – than ever more

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is closing two wooden-decked bridges on the East Bay Bike Path after a recent analysis found "deterioration to the supports for the sidewalks on either … more

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PORTSMOUTH/TIVERTON — The R.I. Department of Tranportation (RIDOT) says “no significant long-term travel lane closures are expected on the new bridge or Route 24” while the old … more

PORTSMOUTH/TIVERTON — More than four years after the new Sakonnet River Bridge opened to traffic, the state is finally ready to remove her rusty older sister that sits just to the … more

As Principal Planner for the City, Allen Penniman is rethinking the relationship between our neighborhoods and roads. more

To the editor: Recent newspaper accounts regarding RIDOT and its signs tend to obscure the real issue. That is, RIDOT’s failure to maintain our roads and their inability to tell us the … more

After RIDOT shifted funds from the Gano Street Gateway to the Providence Pedestrian Bridge, East Siders rallied to restore the project more

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