PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee on Saturday added people on their way to a shelter to his list of people exempted from the statewide driving ban.
Exempt from the driving ban are:
• public safety vehicles and workers, including contract personnel;
• public works vehicles and workers, including contract personnel;
• government officials on official business;
• utility company vehicles and workers;
• health care workers who travel to and from work in order to provide essential health services;
• news media;
• travel necessary to maintain and deliver critical private sector services such as energy, fuel supplies, financial systems and critical commodities;
• travel to support business operations that provide critical services to the public, including gas stations, food stores and hardware stores.
• people without heat going to a warming center or overnight shelter.
This item was originally posted at 4:45 p.m. Friday and updated at 1:14 p.m. Saturday.