WPRO News

Ocean State Job Lot is suspending construction of a new 500,000 square foot $50 million dollar warehouse expansion at its headquarters in North Kingstown.

Company officials tell WPRO’s Gene Valicenti that the move is directly related to objections over the planned RhodeWorks legislation that would toll large trucks in Rhode Island.

The move delays the hiring of over 100 people. Ocean State Job Lot president Marc Perlman is reportedly angry over the reception he has received from state law makers. He calls the truck tolls “unfair,” and says the tolls will cost the company a million dollars a year out of pocket.