Latest RIDOT Washington Bridge Failure Fallout - East Providence Feast Cancelled
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Traffic on 195 heading into East Providence, due to the Washington Bridge closed. PHOTO: RIDOT traffic cam
The cancellation is just the latest economic and cultural hit for Rhode Island, specifically for the City of East Providence, due to the mismanagement by RIDOT.
This week, the Trinity Brotherhood Club on Sutton Avenue said it will not be holding its annual feast due to the fallout from the bridge failure, announcing the following:
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"Due to Trinity Brotherhood Club being in an area where all surrounding streets are closed off for residents only because of the Washington Bridge issue and not getting any help from the city, we had to make the difficult decision and cancel the annual feast the year. We will sell doughboys on Saturday, and while have a procession from City Hall to Saint Francis Xavier Church, where anyone in the community is welcome to join us after 11:45 mass for our traditional Holy Ghost Sopsas (soup) on Sunday. We. Hope for the best next year and hope to have an amazing 2025 feast."
On Wednesday, DaSilva announced the following:
“As the East Providence Annual Feast Season approaches we are keenly aware that many of the feast organizations are concerned about the negative impact that the Washington Bridge closure will have on attendance at their events.
We recently met with the feast organizations with our police and fire to organize and plan out their events. I heard from many of the organizations that their current non-feast operations have been adversely impacted by the increased bridge traffic. These organization’s feasts are entirely operated by volunteers and their profit margins are very small.
I also heard from Glen Fagundes of the Trinity Club about his plans to not have the feast this year. It breaks my heart to hear and see these institutions fearful of what their future looks like because of this unfortunate bridge situation.
As a result of the meeting input I received, I directed our planning and economic development office to apply to RI Commerce for a Summer Events Grant to help them through these tough times.”
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