Smiley says fire truck manufacturers are driving up costs for Providence taxpayers

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 716

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The city of Providence is joining a list of communities across the nation accusing three fire truck manufacturers of conspiring to suppress the supply of emergency vehicles, raise their prices, and leave municipalities waiting longer for them.

City officials filed a 72-page federal antitrust lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, accusing the nation’s three major manufacturers and a trade organization of doubling or even tripling the cost …

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