Overview
- Attorney General Peter Neronha posted the leaked 64-page forensic audit and said he supported McKee’s earlier decision to withhold it due to the pending case.
- The audit by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates details decades of missteps and incomplete repairs at the bridge and concludes the failures were foreseeable.
- McKee urged hearings focused on demolition and design progress but said state actors will not answer questions that could jeopardize the lawsuit against 13 companies.
- House Speaker Joe Shekarchi and Senate President Valarie Lawson are moving to schedule the session and may place officials, including RIDOT Director Peter Alviti, under oath.
- The westbound span remains closed with reconstruction projected through November 2028 and total costs estimated at about $570 million including demolition and emergency work.