Local Pols: Municipal Aid Plan Can Wait — Use the Money for Bridges
Two East Bay legislators proposed halting Gov. Chafee's plan to create a $10 million fund to help cities and towns with their pension costs — a move Chafee opposes.
Two East Bay legislators on Wednesday announced a way to make up part of an estimated $17 million shortfall in bridge upkeep costs that will occur once the Sakonnet and Jamestown Bridges are turned over to the Rhode Island Bridge and Turnpike Authority. Sen. Walter Felag (D-Dist. 10, Warren, Bristol, Tiverton) and Rep. John Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Portsmouth, Tiverton) proposed halting Gov. Lincoln Chafee's plan to create a Municipal Incentive Aid program with $10 million in state funds in the fiscal 2014 budget year. Even with the proposal, RIBTA would still fall $7 million short of its estimated maintenance costs; Sen. Louis DiPalma (D–Dist. 12, Middletown, Little Compton, Newport, Tiverton) recently estimated that the four East Bay …
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nagaer40
2:57 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Let the cities and towns go under so we can start over again with regionalized services. RI is the size in a county in most states and we need to start thinking about it that way. more ›