The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will provide a panel of experts to share State and RIDOT bidding procedures as they host a Contract Opportunities Fair on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings, Salon IV & V, 801...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today it has formally awarded a $163.7 million contract to Cardi Corporation for the construction of a new Sakonnet River Bridge. Construction will begin shortly and a groundbreaking ceremony has been scheduled for April 24. RIDOT...

Enough ARRA Funds for Both Buses and Train Station Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Michael P. Lewis is refuting this afternoon’s Providence Journal blog entry that insinuates that dollars will not be available for new Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA)...

Thanks to the over $137 million in Federal stimulus funds for transportation available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, more and more Rhode Islanders will be put to work in the field of construction. That means that more orange cones will be visible on the State’...

Motorists driving through Apponaug village in Warwick tomorrow, Friday, April 3, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. may encounter delays due to demolition of the former Apponaug Mill complex. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is performing this work as part of the Apponaug Circulator...

Governor Donald L. Carcieri and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) are announcing the availability of $20.15 million for local roadway improvements through the Rhode Island Local Equity Aid Program or RI-LEAP. RI-LEAP is being funded by RIDOT and the Federal Highway...

Travel lanes will be restricted on I-195 East on Friday night, March 27, after 11 p.m. as drainage work is underway. The work area is just before the India Point Pedestrian Overpass. Three lanes will be closed to traffic, with one lane open, between 11 p.m. Friday night and 10 a.m. Saturday morning.

Recognizing the condition of the pavement of the Route 146 service roads at the I-295 Interchange in Lincoln that has been deteriorating at a much more rapid pace over this past winter, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will undertake a resurfacing project to repair the roadway.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will permanently close Exit 4 (Central Avenue) from Route 24 North in Tiverton beginning Wednesday, March 25. Motorists should use Exit 5 (Main Avenue) to reach the southern section of Tiverton. The new route should add less than five minutes to a...

A Rhode Island Department of Transportation project will begin March 30 to repair a sea wall on Conanicus Avenue in Jamestown, at its intersection with Bay View Drive. The sea wall protects Conanicus Avenue between Emerson Road and Bay View Drive from Narragansett Bay’s East Passage. The sea...