Tag: Fox Point Hurricane Barrier
City begins next phase of Fox Point Hurricane Barrier rehab
PROVIDENCE – City officials are encouraging residents and commuters to “plan accordingly” during the second construction phase to rehabilitate the sewer gates of the...
Providence begins first phase of $3M in hurricane barrier repairs
PROVIDENCE – Work on the long-awaited repairs to the city's Fox Point Hurricane Barrier have officially started.
Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced Monday that work...
Providence to begin $1.5M repair project on Fox Point Hurricane Barrier
PROVIDENCE – Some long-awaited repairs to the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier will begin in the next couple of weeks.
Mayor Brett Smiley’s office announced Monday...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend $1M to study Fox...
PROVIDENCE – Efforts to keep Providence’s iconic flood barrier on top of rising waters will get a $1 million boost from the U.S. Army...
Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in need of upgrades, environmental groups warn
PROVIDENCE once led the nation in hurricane protection.
But in the half-century since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier,...
The CRMC says parts of coastal R.I. could soon be underwater...
(Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series exploring Rhode Island’s vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and local communities...
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