Blizzard Updates: McKee declares emergency, orders travel ban

With whiteout conditions expected across much of the region, Gov. Dan McKee declared a state of emergency and said vehicles would be banned from Rhode Island roads from at least 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Tractor-trailers will be banned from Rhode Island roads from 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Saturday.

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority suspended bus service Saturday, until conditions are deemed safe for travel.

“It’s got the potential to be dangerous white-out conditions so the number one thing we can do is prepare now so we can stay home Saturday,” McKee said Friday morning during a visit to the Department of Transportation’s maintenance yard in East Providence, as workers loaded sand into trucks nearby.

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