PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A toll-financed Rhode Island bridge repair program moved closer to reality Jan. 5 as Gov. Gina Raimondo relented to General Assembly leaders' demands to disclose the locations for proposed toll gantries, releasing them minutes after the House and Senate convened their first sessions of 2016.
January 6, 2016Government
Rhode Island May Call Special Session in Fall to Consider Truck Toll Plan, Lawmaker Says
The Rhode Island General Assembly adjourned without approving a controversial truck toll plan offered by the governor, but lawmakers are expected to meet in the fall to continue reviewing the plan, a key state lawmaker said.
July 6, 2015Government
Rhode Island Legislature Ends Session Without Acting on Truck-Toll Bill
Rhode Island’s Legislature ended its 2015 session on June 26 without taking action on several pending bills, including one that would have authorized tolls on large commercial trucks to finance a $600 million revenue bond to pay for bridge repairs across the state.
June 29, 2015Government
Rhode Island Trucking Group Blasts Senate-Approved Toll Plan
A plan approved by the Rhode Island Senate on June 23 to charge tolls to large commercial trucks that includes some tax rebates and grants for mostly local truckers is “discriminatory, sloppy and lacks information,” according to head of the state’s trucking association.
June 24, 2015Government
Rhode Island GOP Caucus Offers Alternative to Toll Plan
Members of Rhode Island’s Republican Caucus in the House on June 15 announced they would look to shift $60 million from the state’s fiscal 2016 budget to repair bridges and other highway infrastructure.
June 15, 2015Government
R.I. Scales Back Bridge Tolling Plan but Still Targets Class 8 Trucks
After immediate pushback from the trucking industry, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo altered a plan to toll commercial trucks that use the state’s bridges.
June 8, 2015Government
Rhode Island Scales Back Proposed Truck Toll Plan
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo will exempt small trucks from her plan to charge tolls on commercial trucks for using the state’s bridges.
June 2, 2015Government
Truckers Continue to Be Fined at I-95 Bridge Crossing in R.I.
Truckers are continuing to get slapped with fines of up to $3,000 for crossing a bridge on Interstate 95 in Rhode Island that has been off-limits to big rigs for more than two years, the Providence Journal reported.
August 2, 2010Government
Truckers Assessed $1 Million in Fines Over Weight-Restricted Bridge in R.I.
More than $1 million in fines have been assessed this year in Rhode Island against truckers for crossing the Pawtucket River Bridge on Interstate 95 that has a weight limit of 18 tons, an attorney for the state trucking association said.
October 16, 2008