Tag: R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council
R.I. Superior Court judge sides with property owners in shoreline access...
The R.I. General Assembly overstepped its bounds in drawing a line in the sand on shoreline access, a Washington County Superior Court judge ruled.
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Neronha steps into fray over CRMC, but will it lead to...
For years, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has been no stranger to controversy, with critics rebuking a structure that gives power to politically...
R.I. coastal regulators OK East Bay Bike Path replacement bridges
The R.I. Department of Transportation has one less bridge problem on its hands after state coastal regulators approved a plan to reconstruct a pair...
Higher insurance premiums hindering new affordable housing
As Rhode Island faces a housing crisis, particularly with affordable units, the Wickford Village development in North Kingstown affords some relief to renters, providing...
State seeks vendors to remove ‘sunken barge’ from Providence River
PROVIDENCE – Despite no readily available funding, state officials after a three-year hiatus are renewing calls for a private vendor to remove a piece...
Portsmouth Town Council approves host agreement with SouthCoast Wind
Faced with receiving $23 million or nothing, the Portsmouth Town Council begrudgingly approved an agreement that allows a Massachusetts offshore wind farm developer access...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2023
From multimillion-dollar home sales across the state to high-profile and sometimes controversial real estate developments, corporate leadership shakeups and layoffs, to a sudden bridge...
Westerly fire district files lawsuit in continuing shoreline access dispute
WESTERLY – In the latest of a series of shoreline access disputes, the Weekapaug Fire District has filed a lawsuit contesting a path's proposed...
CRMC approves Sakonnet River transmission line for Massachusetts wind farm
The financial agreements anchoring a 149-turbine offshore wind farm proposed south of Rhode Island have come undone, but that hasn’t stopped state coastal regulators...
RIPPLE EFFECTS: As Narragansett Bay gets cleaner, economic outcomes remain murky
Talk to anyone who lives in Rhode Island, and it’s likely they could tell you a story connected to Narragansett Bay, says Mike Jarbeau,...
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