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U.S. Awards Rhode Island $125 Million To Help Replace Partially Shut Highway Bridge

Sep 24, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    16% Somewhat Conservative

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    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    16% Somewhat Conservative

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50% : To recover funds needed to reconstruct the bridge, the state Dept. of Transportation filed a lawsuit Aug. 16 against 13 engineers and contractors that had inspected or performed work on the Washington Bridge in the last decade.
48% : U.S. Awards Rhode Island $125 Million To Help Replace Partially Shut Highway BridgeThe U.S. Dept. of Transportation will provide a $125-million grant for Rhode Island to use to reconstruct the Washington Bridge, half of which had to be closed because of structural problems.
44% : "In the days before the grant was announced, the state Dept. of Transportation had temporarily shut down ongoing demolition work for the closed western half of the bridge in order to collect evidence for its lawsuit against the engineers and contractors.

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