70% of roads in RI are poor or mediocre quality, new study says

March 19th, 2013 at 4:17 pm by under Nesi's Notes, On the Main Site

The American Society of Civil Engineers is out with its latest report card on the nation’s infrastructure (the country got a D+) and as part of the release has created web pages with facts and figures about the infrastructure in each of the 50 states. Click the infographic for much more about Rhode Island:

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  1. SGH says:
    March 20, 2013 at 9:49 am

    Color me surprised we have 87+ dams. Also, they botched the silhouette of Rhode Island.

  2. fred floon says:
    March 20, 2013 at 10:34 am

    Run!
    Pretend you’ve been shot down over Nazi Germany: burn your possessions, destroy your ID, dress like the enemy (don a union uniform, there are many to choose from), and follow the drinking gourd, using escape and evade tactics– to the border, and hope there’s not a tax increase (for the children, of course) before you establish residency in a free state–Nevada and Colorado come to mind.