RIDOT Resurfacing Projects

This year, RIDOT will spend $92 million on paving projects and over the next five years will spend over $400 million.  With many major bridges well underway to rehabilitation, RIDOT is now using its funds to bring Rhode Island’s roads into a state of good repair – much to the relief of motorists throughout the state.

Before RhodeWorks, many paving projects were not done as well as they could have been but new paving standards at RIDOT demand that resurfacing projects take the road down to the depth necessary and then rebuild using state of the art techniques. Paving contractors are now paid based on the quality of the work they provide. 

At specific stages in the paving process, the contractor is required to bring core samples to RIDOT labs where in place density is measured.  We have standards for rideability that are applied when the job is close to completion and we have increased the polymer content in asphalt mixes to make the asphalt more flexible and stronger. There are new asphalt specs in place and the asphalt is tested at the mix sites before it ever goes on the roads. 

Overall, RIDOT will be milling more deeply than previously and then rebuilding the roads with several applications of asphalt.  The goal will be to rebuild roads that will last at least thirty years. See the table below for the paving construction schedule for the next two years.

Projects by City/Town