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Rhode Island’s Governor Takes Steps to Fix Washington Bridge; Disaster Relief Sought Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to show flexibility on whether the state can qualify for disaster funding in the wake of the abrupt closure of the Washington Bridge’s westbound lanes this past Dec. 11. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) closed the westbound side of the bridge after engineers found what it said was a critical failure of some of the structure’s components. The Washington Bridge is a series of three spans carrying Interstate 195, U.S. Highway 6, U.S. 44, and U.S. 1A over the Seekonk River connecting Providence to East Providence. Rhode Island Current, a statewide online news service,
noted that McKee’s office said the governor called FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to request federal funding and that McKee tapped T. Joseph Almond, one of his senior aides, to monitor the RIDOT response to the bridge’s shutdown. Almond, who served 7½ terms as Lincoln, R.I.’s town administrator before being appointed McKee’s deputy chief of staff in 2021, will be tasked with “providing oversight and cross-agency coordination for all operations related to the Washington Bridge.” “Joe has a background in both municipal leadership and public safety that will position him well for this role,” McKee spokesperson Olivia DaRocha said in a statement. see BRIDGE page 18