<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=19woGo_0wQ0nhag00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=19woGo_0wQ0nhag00" width="1320" height="743" >EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A Rhode Island lawmaker is calling for Gov. Dan McKee to fire Transportation Director Peter Alviti.Rep. Robert Quattrocchi, of District 41, said there has been "gross mismanagement" of the state's bridges by Alviti.Outside of the statehouse, Quattrocchi has 30 years of experience working in concrete construction."This is unacceptable, I mean, we have a brand new bridge, brand new steel decking up there with brand new concrete, new jersey barriers, sitting on this. It's unacceptable," he said looking at the bridge carrying I-295 over Route 6 in Johnston. "This is all over the state, this is just one example."He said he's concerned by the cracks and rust bleeding on bridges across the state, especially on newer or recently replaced bridges, that are easy to spot with their blue paint."That's an indication of rotted steel reinforcement," Quattrocchi said of the rust bleeding. "Who knows how deep that goes into the surface? It just wasn't done properly."He brought the issue up at the Washington Bridge Community meeting earlier this month."We have not built new bridges on footings that were rotting to the point where they were incapable of withstanding the pressures for the duration of the life of the infrastructure that's above it," Director Alviti said. "We have done repairs to structures that have had rotting concrete, and we have patch them, which is a standard practice throughout the United States in keeping concrete cover over reinforcing. The two inches of cover or so over reinforcing rods that are inside reinforced Concrete doesn't provide any structural support. It's mainly there to protect the concrete from the elements."Quattrocchi said with his experiencing working in concrete construction, he wasn't satisfied with that response."There's a there's a clear path of incompetence going on here. We're dealing with the Washington Bridge, which is a major, major issue but there's, you know, there's other things that have been going on in the state for quite a while now," he said. "It's terrible that the amount of deterioration that's going on is really bad for a brand new bit a bridge. I mean, you shouldn't see anything like that for, I mean, years, decades."NBC10's Gabrielle Caracciolo asked if a future termination or resignation of Alviti could negatively impact the state's ability to recover financial damages in the ongoing lawsuit over the Washington Bridge crisis."You can't keep someone who's incompetent in there for that reason," Quattrocchi said.Quattrocchi also recently called for additional oversight hearings at the State House to discuss bridge maintenanceThe head of that committee later confirmed to NBC10 she plans convene another hearing sometime after next week's election.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0UfKnj_0wQ0nhag00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0UfKnj_0wQ0nhag00" width="648" height="365" >"At this point it's kind of ridiculous, the failures that have occurred, maybe at the beginning, okay, we could have given them a little bit of a benefit of the doubt, but at this point, it's just beyond, it's beyond ridiculous," he said. "It's time. He needs to go."Over the last 10 months, Gov. McKee has stood by Director Alviti whenever asked saying he has full faith in his leadership at RIDOT.NBC10 reached out to RIDOT and the Governor's Office Monday to ask about these latest calls to get rid of Alviti, but have not yet heard back.</div></body>

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A Rhode Island lawmaker is calling for Gov. Dan McKee to fire Transportation Director Peter Alviti. Rep. Robert Quattrocchi, of District 41, said there has been \"gross mismanagement\" of the state's bridges by Alviti. Outside of the statehouse, Quattrocchi has 30 years of experience...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A Rhode Island lawmaker is calling for Gov. Dan McKee to fire Transportation Director Peter Alviti. Rep. Robert Quattrocchi, of District 41, said there has been "gross mismanagement" of the state's bridges by Alviti. Outside of the statehouse, Quattrocchi has 30 years of experience...