Rhode Island News Updates

Government, Business, Technology, Safety

States Adopt Streamlined Medical Certification Rule Early

Wisconsin, Rhode Island and Missouri are early adopters of a new online process to streamline the handling of Medical Examiner’s Certification for commercial vehicle drivers.

April 23, 2025
Government, Safety

Duffy Signs Unfinished Grant to Replace Rhode Island Span

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a $220.9 million federal grant to Rhode Island to replace the Washington Bridge in Providence has been formalized.

April 3, 2025
Government, Business

Appeals Court OKs Contentious R.I. Truck Tolling Plan

The program, called RhodeWorks, has been mired in court battles since American Trucking Associations and two motor carriers in 2018 challenged the law’s constitutionality.

December 11, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Rhode Island Launches Vast WIM System on Washington Bridge

Rhode Island is installing a weigh-in-motion system on the Washington Bridge in Providence, using advanced technology to monitor the structural health of the aging but vital connector.

September 4, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics

Rhode Island Files Notice of Appeal in Truck Tolling Case

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has filed an appeal challenging a district federal court judge’s ruling declaring unconstitutional the state’s controversial trucks-only tolling plan.

November 3, 2022
Government, Safety

Rhode Island to Repave Pothole-Ridden I-295

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has kicked off repaving the state’s Interstate 295 corridor, a key north-south freight route last paved 18 years ago and known as a poster child for potholes.

September 13, 2022
Government, Business

Attorneys Spar in Closing Statements of RhodeWorks Tolling Trial

After more than two weeks of testimony, a federal tolling trial ended June 13 with an attorney for American Trucking Associations asking a judge to find the state of Rhode Island’s trucks-only “RhodeWorks” tolling program unconstitutional.

June 14, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

Federal Trial Underway on Rhode Island Truck Tolling

A federal court is finally hearing oral arguments in a 4-year-old legal challenge to the state of Rhode Island’s trucks-only tolling program.

May 25, 2022
Government

Rhode Island Launches Electronic Permitting System

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has launched an entirely electronic permitting system for work associated with road projects.

March 12, 2021
Government, Business

Court Denies RIDOT’s Motion for Judgment in Truck Tolling Case

The U.S. District Court of Rhode Island has denied the Rhode Island Department of Transportation’s motion for judgment on pleadings related to the state’s hotly contested trucks-only tolling system.

July 21, 2020