Now that a Master Plan has been approved for the development of the former Navy base at Quonset Point/Davisville, we hope pro-container port and anti-container port forces can put their differences to one side.
The issue of whether to build a container port, is for now in the hands of the federal authorities who have just begun work on an Environmental Impact Study – a process that could take between three and five years to complete.
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Meanwhile, it is critical that the state continues with the progress that has been made in recent years at the 3,000-acre site. Quonset Point/Davisville, in fact, has come alive in recent years. Keifer Park, an industrial park on the site, is filled with several companies that employ hundreds of Rhode Islanders. Roadwork throughout the property is progressing nicely, and a hotel project is moving forward.
The morning after the Master Plan was approved by the Quonset/Davisville Management Corporation Board of Directors, Economic Development Director Tom Schumpert made a point of calling each board member, starting with those who had voted against the Master Plan.
Schumpert thanked them for their consideration and reminded them that; “we have far more in common, than we have things separating us.”
The continued development of Quonset Point/Davisville – with or without a container port – is in the best interest of all of Rhode Island.
