Construction Industries of Rhode Island
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No shortage of Rhode.
Rhode Island has 1,100 miles of roads and 754 bridges: a massive infrastructure to maintain for such a small state.
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The inevitability of aging.
More than half of the RIDOT-managed bridges were built between 1958 and 1972.
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Vote Approve Transporation Bonds #1
  
State & Matching Funds
 
Highways, Bridges & Maintenance Facilities
State Bond $80,000,000
Federal Match $400,000,000
Total Program $480,000,000
   
Commuter Rail  
State Bond $3,570,000
Federal Match $17,850,000
Total Program $21,420,000
   
RIPTA Improvements  
State Bond $3,645,000
Federal Match $18,225,000
Total Program $21,870,000

An “Approve” vote on Question 1 will authorize the borrowing of $87.2 million for highway, bridge and transit improvements — making Rhode Island eligible for another $436 million in Federal matching funds over the next two years.

Rhode Island has no other immediate source of funding for transportation initiatives. So it’s more crucial than ever to take advantage of all available Federal monies: which would simply go to other states.