Projo — A country club built a new seawall without permission. Now they want to change the rules.

May 22

Quienessett Country Club in the Quidnessett section of North Kingstown. *The Providence Journal File Photo*

May 22, 2024

By Antonio Noori Farzan — NORTH KINGSTOWN — The Quidnessett Country Club already went ahead and built a massive seawall near the 14th hole without getting permission from the Coastal Resources Management Council.

Now, the CRMC has to decide if it's willing to rethink its regulations.

And last week, members of the politically appointed Council's planning and procedures subcommittee indicated that they're at least willing to entertain the possibility.

"I’ll support giving them, I guess, a bite of the apple," said Don Gomez, the committee's vice chair.

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