Hearing in Tiverton to consider RIPTA bus service

Flo Jonic — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:10:38 +0000

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will hold a hearing Monday on restoring bus service to Tiverton. Tiverton hasn’t had bus service in nearly five years. It was suspended when weight limits were placed on the Sakonnet River Bridge.

Legislation aims to keep tolls off Sakonnet Bridge

Catherine Welch — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:42:23 +0000

(PROVIDENCE, RI) Governor Lincoln Chafee’s keeping mum on whether he would veto legislation that keeps tolls off the Sakonnet River Bridge. State Rep. John Edwards of Tiverton says he plans to introduce a bill that keeps the Sakonnet Bridge from transferring over to the state’s Turnpike and Bridge Authority.

Edwards calls the toll a tax and says the state should be able to pay for maintenance with general funds. Chafee says the state needs to pay for maintenance somehow and there are no easy decisions.