The Providence Business News Executive Poll is a weekly
survey of 70 top business leaders throughout the state, representing small and
large companies in a variety of industries and businesses.
QUESTION: Should Gov. Lincoln Almond have taken $1.4 million from a contingency
fund and shifted it to a fund for the permitting process and environmental study
for a container port at Quonset Point/Davisville?
Yes: 20% No: 80%
QUESTION: Both gubernatorial candidates — Republican Don Carcieri and Democrat
Myrth York — have stated their opposition to the development of a container
port at Quonset Point/Davisville. Is that reason enough for the governor to
cease any further state spending on the port proposal?
Yes: 65% No: 35%
QUESTION: Do you support the development of a container port at Quonset
Point/Davisville?
Yes: 22% No: 78%
QUESTION: Do you think a container port will ever be built at Quonset Point/Davisville?
Yes: 21% No: 79%
