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December 19, 2007

What's happening plus traffic and weather updates

PROVIDENCE -- For the second night in a row about this time, downtown is packed with cars moving at a snail's pace, according to the same observer.

State Department of Transportation "jam factor" reports concur that congestion is heaving on major routes around the city, especially Route 95 south from the Massachusetts state line and Route 195 West, also from the Mass. state line.

It may be the confluence of people coming in for tonight's Providence College basketball game at the Dunk and the Van Morrison concert at PPAC. And once again, we shouldn't forget those holiday shoppers.

The DOT Web site also reports a disabled vehicle on Route 95 south at the Smithfield Avenue exit (exit 25) north of downtown.

But whatever the reasons, it's busy out there on the roadways. Check the latest DOT reports, including accident alerts and live Web cam views, here.

And you can also expect the roads to be wet.

The National Weather Service has just sent out this advisory:

"Any precipitation that enters eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island this evening will be in the form of rain...except possibly mixing with wet snow later this evening in the Boston to Providence corridor and points northwest.

"Therefore...roads should remain wet...although if traveling after midnight rain will begin to mix with and change to snow towards Boston and especially the Route 128 corridor."

Get the latest weather conditions and forecasts at: projo.com/weather

Posted by Andrea Panciera  at 6:47 PM | Permalink

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