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Two companies being sued over the Washington Bridge claim the state never flagged the bridge’s problems

Two of the companies being sued by the state of Rhode Island over the closure of the westbound Washington Bridge say the state did not tell them about concerns engineers raised about the bridge decades before they were hired for a rehabilitation project.  The joint-venture of Barletta Heavy Division Inc. and Aetna Bridge Company – […]

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Contractor to pay $11 million for dumping contaminated fill at Route 6/10 construction site

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has announced a settlement with a Massachusetts-based contractor that disposed of contaminated material in Providence during the construction of the Route 6/10 interchange.  Neronha says Barletta Heavy Division has agreed to pay $11 million to the state after admitting it illegally dumped tons of contaminated fill in the Olneyville […]

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