Gov. Dan McKee announced Tuesday that the state is pushing back its target date to finish demolition of the old westbound Washington Bridge until the end of 2025, as state leaders shed light on just how much longer the entire project may take.
But at a State House news conference, officials had no answers about when a new bridge might open or how much it might cost. The heavily trafficked span abruptly closed to traffic last December, and public frustration has grown in the 10 months since after a series of missteps, delays and setbacks. It had carried about 90,000 vehicles a day before closing.
McKee told reporters that concrete dollar figures and timelines will become clear once the state finishes a newly announced process for finding a contractor to build the new bridge, as well as a revised contract for the expanded demolition project.
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