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The new estimates break down to $40.52 million for demolishing the old bridge and $368.3 million for the design-build of the new bridge.

Gov. Dan McKee’s office on Monday announced the tab to demolish and replace the western Washington Bridge will be over $400 million — and that’s not even including $46 million in emergency expenses related to the bridge’s closure. When McKee first announced the reconstruction project in March, his administration estimated the tab would be between […] The post New estimates put Washington Bridge replacement project at over $400 million appeared first on Rhode Island Current.

Ahead of Monday's joint oversight committee hearing, lawmakers posed 48 questions to RIDOT. The answers shed new light on the bridge closure.

Just a week after Rhode Island was crippled by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation Washington Bridge failure, the agency posted three top-tier jobs with combined salaries totaling nearly $500,000.

Look for the General Assembly to flex its muscles on the Lifespan-Care New England merger Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey said Thursday he plans to introduce legislation that would revise the Hospital Conversions Act Updated February 26, 2021, 9:13 a.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey a Warwick Democrat, during the swearing in ceremony at Rhode Island College in January 2021.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can LEADING OFF...