Department of Transportation to break ground on Route 146 project

NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will break ground on the Route 146 project Friday morning in North Smithfield.
The $196 million project is geared to improve the Route 146 corridor by reducing congestion, which will make it safer and reduce traffic.
The groundbreaking will be at the Anchor Nissan/Subaru employee parking lot at 11 a.m.
Gov. Dan McKee, Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rep. David Cicilline will be at the event.