State Planning Council Votes To Shift Alternative Transportation Funding

(Providence, RI)--Despite cries from bike and walking path advocates, the State Planning Council voted to shift transportation funding yesterday.The vote means about 37-million dollars is being moved from the Transportation Alternatives Program to the state transportation department's ten-year spending plan.Supporters of the shift said the state needs more money for road and bridge projects, but RIDOT director Peter Alviti said yesterday that overall spending on bike and pedestrian projects will actually increase over the next decade.


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