Rhode Island Government - Tue June 07, 2022
Rhode Island Officials Break Ground on $196M State Route 146 Project
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee was joined by U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse on June 3 to officially begin the expansive $196 million reconstruction of Rhode Island Route 146. The groundbreaking ceremony, just off Route 146 in North Smithfield, also included Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti and other state and local leaders....
WPRI 12 News - Wed April 13, 2022
Rhode Island Officials Unveil Plans to Renovate Providence's Iconic 'Superman' Building
A complex financing plan was unveiled by Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee and other state leaders on April 12 to redevelop the long-vacant "Superman" building in downtown Providence, arguing that a mix of public and private funding can revive the iconic skyscraper to its former glory....
RIDOT - Thu March 31, 2022
Two Road Construction Projects in Rhode Island Get Under Way as Spring Returns
Despite spring's struggle to gain a toehold in New England, the construction season has begun in many states, including Rhode Island, where two projects are now under way. Aquidneck Avenue Resurfacing in MiddletownState lawmakers and other state officials were on hand March 22 to break ground on a $9 million project to resurface approximately one mile of Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown from East Main Road to Green End Avenue....
RI.GOV - Thu March 24, 2022
Congressman Cicilline, RIDOT Break Ground for Aquidneck Avenue Resurfacing Project
Congressman David Cicilline and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti Jr. joined state and local leaders to break ground on a project to resurface approximately 1 mi. of Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown, from East Main Road to Green End Avenue....
WPRI 12 News - Tue March 01, 2022
Next Phase of Providence, R.I., School Construction to Begin With Demolition
A Providence, R.I., television station has learned that portions of the former St. Joseph's Hospital being donated to the city will be demolished to build a brand-new school in its place. It is the latest in a series of construction projects in Providence to replace its often-decrepit public education buildings and infrastructure....
The Boston Globe - Wed January 05, 2022
Pawtucket, R.I., Wants to Build New School on Site of Old Baseball Park
McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I., may soon be torn down to make way for a high school campus. The Pawtucket district hopes to use a recently vacated minor league baseball stadium site as the location for a 482,500-sq....
Newport Daily News - Wed December 22, 2021
One Rhode Island School Has Ever-Evolving Design, Another Slated for 2022 Finish
The schematic plan for a new Rogers High School in Newport, R.I., is still undergoing changes, with the most notable of the recent alterations being a planned new building for the school district's administrative offices and staff, the Daily News reported Dec....
RIDOT - Mon November 22, 2021
'Missing Move' Route 10 to Route 6 Flyover Ramp Opens Two Years Ahead of Schedule
Rhode Island Lieutenant Gov. Sabina Matos, U.S. Sens. 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....
CEG - Thu November 18, 2021
After 10 Years, Providence's I-295 Commission Still Developing Projects
In 2011, an elevated portion of Interstate 195 cutting through Providence, R.I., was relocated, freeing more than 26 acres of former highway property for redevelopment. In the wake of that effort, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, a quasi-public state agency, was created to repurpose the land in the city's Jewelry District and Fox Point neighborhoods....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 11, 2021
Rhode Island Expects Its Pell Bridge Project to 'Connect Folks' of Newport
They called it the bridge to nowhere. But now an $85 million project to reconfigure and consolidate Rhode Island's Pell Bridge will end that unfortunate moniker while enhancing safety and traffic flow, and creating new economic opportunities....
