PROVIDENCE – The state Department of Transportation has continued to use – and pay close to $180 million in the last fiscal year to – at least 11 of the 13 bridge construction, engineering and inspection companies the state blames in a lawsuit for the Washington Bridge debacle.

This question was asked in multiple ways by Zachary Cunha, the former U.S. attorney that Rhode Island's legislative leaders hired to question state DOT Director Peter Alviti Jr. during a joint House and Senate oversight hearing on Nov. 13:

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