State launches new 5-1-1 hotline to report potholes

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 541

Last Updated: 5 days, 11 hours ago

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See a pothole? The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has a new hotline drivers can use to report any craters they see along the state’s roads. Actually, it’s a repurposed old one.

Interim RIDOT Director Robert Rocchio and Gov. Dan McKee on Wednesday announced in a Warwick parking lot the state will use the 5-1-1 line it has had since the early 2000s to field requests made to a live operator. The line will …

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