Letter: Toll for local drivers should be a nickel
To the editor: Last week, unbeknownst to just about all Rhode Islanders, three well-known celebrities passed through Rhode Island. The governor and his honchos caught wind of this and thought this would make for a great photo op. With cameras clicking, video rolling, and microphones in place, everything was going according to plan. That is, [...]
Read More →Anti-toll crowd confronts bridge authority in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Officials from the R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) came out to explain their side Saturday, but they didn’t win over any of the anti-toll folks. Instead, RITBA heard more of the same from people like Norman Ajemian of Tiverton, who said a toll on the Sakonnet River Bridge will be a financial burden [...]
Read More →Portsmouth: Bridge toll illegal
PORTSMOUTH — Placing a toll on the Sakonnet River Bridge would be illegal, town officials told the state and federal officials in a letter sent today. The March 15 letter, signed by Town Council President James Seveney and Town Administrator John Klimm, is addressed to Daniel Berman, division administrator, Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA); and Michael Lewis, [...]
Read More →Police cruisers damaged in bridge crash
PORTSMOUTH — A runaway dump truck on the Sakonnet River Bridge slammed into three police cruisers that had stopped for an earlier accident Monday. A Portsmouth cruiser was totaled and its driver escaped injury by seconds. Police said he had just gotten out of the cruiser and vaulted over the jersey barrier an instant before [...]
Read More →Sakonnet bridge toll collection raises privacy concerns
SAKONNET AREA — If tolls come to the Sakonnet River Bridge next summer, toll collecting devices and surveillance videos will gather personally identifying information about all motorists who cross the span. Three technologies — E-Z Pass transponders, video-based automatic license-plate readers, and closed circuit television (CCTV), all of which are now in place at the toll [...]
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