As Rhode Island riders begin taking advantage of the recently opened $63-million Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center, the contractor for the long-awaited project is contesting allegations that it illegally disposed of contaminated land fill from the project on its nearby Providence highway project site.

Barletta Engineering Heavy Division恳求not guilty2月1日，普罗维登斯县高等法院two counts of illegal disposal of solid waste, one count of operating a solid waste management facility without a license and one count of providing a false document to a public official.

Barletta waschargedwith transporting数千吨contaminated land fill from the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center and sites in Boston and illegally disposing them at the6/10 highway project in Providence, a project Barletta is also serving as the lead contractor.巴勒塔在1月18日的声明中说，“尊重刑事指控”。

A Barletta spokeswoman told ENR on Feb. 1 that the firm has "nothing new to add today."

基于大众的州公司的前项目总监丹尼斯Ferreira, has also been charged with illegal dumping.Ferreira isscheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 7.

据报道，尽管有诉讼，但仍保留在41.1亿美元的6/10高速公路工作和运输中心Barlettais also building a $5-million parking lot for the transit hub that is scheduled to finish in March. It will provide free parking for 200 cars.

The overall transit center project, which was originally slated to be completed in July 2022 after starting in 2018, was delayed dueto material supply chain delivery issues. Itis now set for completion by March 31.

Remaining tasks includes installation of glass panels, fencing, permanent lighting for the parking lot and miscellaneous signage. “The punch list hasn’t been developed, but all work will be done this spring,”圣马丁说。

该电台包括用于北行和南行服务的专用平台，该平台由玻璃封闭的行人桥，电梯，坡道和楼梯连接。公共汽车枢纽包括五个泊位，供应乘客覆盖有遮盖的庇护所以及中心广场区的自行车架。该枢纽还连接到过境走廊，其中包括专用的公交车道和自行车道，将设施连接到市中心的Pawtucket。

过境中心将使骑手在马萨诸塞州运输湾管理局（MBTA）运营的通勤铁路和罗德岛公共交通管理局（RIPTA）的全州巴士网络之间轻松移动。

Construction Challenges

Building a station over an active train line was most challenging for the project team, St. Martin says. It “often required coordination with Amtrak officials to de-energize the high-voltage catenary lines before doing certain types of construction on the station,” he says. “These windows of time happen overnight when trains are not running and are brief… At times, partly due to COVID and other workforce issues, they have not had as many hours available as previously.”

The station "will add to the quality of life in Pawtucket and the Blackstone Valley," Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) said in a statement and "will also dramatically expand transit options for Rhode Islanders and those visiting Rhode Island.”

该项目成本的三分之二以上，约有4,300万美元，以联邦资金支付，其中包括1310万美元的运输投资产生经济回收赠款（Tiger）赠款，以及700万美元的公共汽车和设施赠款，均来自联邦政府Transit Authority, and $20 million as part of the FTA’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAW) Improvement Program, the statement notes.

The more thancentury-oldPawtucket-Central Falls Railroad Station, northeast of the new station, wasdesigned by F. W. Mellor, architectfor the New Haven Railroad, and was once a Beaux-Arts work of civic pride in the历史纺织中心. Since its closing in 1959, a 1978 redevelopment plan failed and many ideas have been studied, including keeping the rail stop as a station. RI DOT does not own the property, and plans for renovation or demolition of the building are not part of the new station project, St. Martin says.