URI gets $210K for Cliff Walk project, coastal resilience

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND received a $210,000 award from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation to improve coastal resilience, including around Newport’s Cliff Walk. /COURTESY CITY OF NEWPORT

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received $210,000 from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation to better protect against storm-driven erosion and flooding in coastal communities. The funding will specifically support two projects to protect critical infrastructure and improve emergency preparedness, as well as long-term measures for Jamestown, Newport, Block Island and Prudence

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