A Massachusetts contractor leading the largest design-build highway project in Rhode Island's history pleaded not guilty to illegally dumping toxic fill.
Protracted work on already late rail link could stretch project completion seven months beyond a fall 2026 target for its new design-build team and for just named state Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld, a sector veteran.
Fabio Pires, 31, an electrical engineer and union operating mechanic died last year after sustaining severe burns, but the Massachusetts firm disputes agency conclusions in proposing total of five serious and willful violations against it.