Opinion: Don’t Penalize Truckers for Rhode Island’s Bridge Woes
Remember that feeling when a teacher sat you in the corner after wrongly accusing you of something? I believe this nation’s truckers have been placed in the proverbial corner by the state of Rhode Island.
July 25, 2018Editorial: An Unlawful and Inequitable Scheme
Rhode Island’s controversial trucks-only tolling program must face a judge’s gavel, as a group including American Trucking Associations and several fleets is suing the state over the plan.
July 12, 2018ATA, Carriers Sue Rhode Island DOT Over Truck-Only Tolls
American Trucking Associations and three carriers are asking a court to rule that Rhode Island’s truck-only tolling program is unconstitutional, according to a lawsuit they filed against the state’s Department of Transportation on July 10.
July 10, 2018Rhode Island Truck Tolls Will Start June 11
After a series of false starts, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation will begin its trucks-only tolling program June 11.
June 6, 2018Rhode Island Targets Deficient Bridges This Construction Season
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is aiming to redress its high percentage of structurally deficient bridges during this construction season, according to agency spokesman Charles St. Martin.
April 25, 2018Rhode Island’s First Truck-Toll Gantry Installed on Route 95
The first of more than a dozen new Rhode Island truck-toll gantries now stands above Route 95 South in Exeter.
February 16, 2018Severe Storm Prompts States to Issue Restrictions, Emergency Plans
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation banned tractor-trailers from all state highways for most of Jan. 4 as the state faced heavy snow and high winds.
January 5, 2018Rhode Island Truck-Only Tolling Plan Pushed to Spring 2018
Rhode Island transportation officials are delaying implementation of the initial phase of a trucks-only toll plan until February or March to shore up work on the plan’s environmental permitting, technical, engineering and financial requirements, a state Department of Transportation spokesman said.
November 7, 2017Trucking Industry Disputes Revenue Projections for Rhode Island’s Truck-Only Tolling
Rhode Island House Republican minority leader Patricia Morgan and trucking industry leaders are disputing state Department of Transportation revenue projections for the truck-only tolling RhodeWorks program slated to be in place in 2018.
May 31, 2017Rhode Island Picks Company to Build, Operate Truck Tolls
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — State transportation officials May 24 said they have chosen a company to design, build, operate and maintain Rhode Island's controversial toll network system.
May 25, 2017