ecoRI News — Ocean Access Activists and Surfers Ride Wave to Victory

Written By Cate Brown
An amendment to the town’s parking ordinance would add parking spots, shaded in yellow, off the Calef Avenue waterfront to Nichols, top, Louise, middle, and Pilgrim avenues. (Town of Narragansett)

An amendment to the town’s parking ordinance would add parking spots, shaded in yellow, off the Calef Avenue waterfront to Nichols, top, Louise, middle, and Pilgrim avenues. (Town of Narragansett)

Jan 06, 2021
By GRACE KELLY/ecoRI News staff

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — After a year of ebb and flow, an effort to allow and expand parking for surfers in Point Judith has been approved.

“Parking was restored to the avenues near Point Judith tonight … thank you to all that were involved … it took the entire community to fix this and will take the entire community to fix other problems statewide … everything we do on here is to benefit future generations,” wrote Conrad Ferla, a local surfing advocate and administrator for the Saving RI Costal Access/Rights of Way Facebook group.

In a Monday night Zoom meeting, the Town Council passed a motion to prepare an amendment to the town’s parking ordinance that would add parking spots to Nichols, Louise, and Pilgrim avenues.

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Cate Brown
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