Rhode Island Truck Tolls Begin as Trucking Vows to Fight
WEST GREENWICH, R.I. — Rhode Island began charging tractor-trailers to drive on Interstate 95 on the morning of June 11. But while opponents rallied against a tolling scheme they call unconstitutional, it is unclear when — or even if — a long-threatened legal challenge will come.
June 12, 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, 2018New England Ports Plot Course to Deal With Changing Shipping Industry
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Cargo ships are growing. Shipping rates have plunged. Ports are expanding across the East Coast.
May 25, 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, 2017GOP Launches Another Assault on Rhode Island's Truck-Toll Plan
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In their latest assault on Rhode Island's impending truck toll network, Republican state lawmakers and the trucking industry released an analysis on May 23 claiming the plan will generate far less revenue than expected and lead to unnecessary construction projects.
May 24, 2017Rhode Island's Collection of Truck Registration Fees is Lagging Projections
A financial relief package expected to help the Rhode Island trucking industry weather the onset of truck tolls is proving more expensive than first thought.
May 10, 2017Creative Highway Signs Get the Message Across to Rhode Island Drivers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — New England motorists have become familiar with idiosyncratic highway safety messages ever since Massachusetts began urging them to "Use Yah Blinkah" two years ago. But the new Rhode Island billboards had some Rhode Islanders scratching their heads, in some cases as a matter of taste and others out of genuine confusion.
January 5, 2017Rhode Island Voters to Decide on Spending $20 Million for Port Upgrades
Before the Providence port can expand, voters would need to endorse Rhode Island's vision in November by approving the $20 million purchase of up to 25 acres of property to expand the city’s port.
July 11, 2016Truck Tolls in Rhode Island: Uncertainty Over a Relief Package
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Before they authorized a statewide network of truck tolls earlier this year, Rhode Island lawmakers told the local trucking industry that a financial relief package to help deal with the cost of the new tolls would soon follow.
May 6, 2016Study: R.I. Tolls Would Only Generate Half of Revenue Projected
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The Rhode Island Trucking Association said a new study found gaping holes in the economic impact analysis of truck tolls commissioned by Gov. Gina Raimondo earlier this year that was used to support her RhodeWorks bridge repair financing plan.
January 12, 2016