Projo — A day at Narragansett Town Beach could be more expensive next summer. Here's why

Narragansett Town Beach, among Rhode Island’s most popular shores. Bob Breidenbach, The Providence Journal

Nov 30, 2022

By Antonia Noori Farzan — Narragansett — Spending the day at Town Beach could be more expensive next summer.

The town's Parks and Recreation Department proposes raising the daily walk-on admission fee from $12 to $15 and raising the parking fee from $10 on weekdays and $15 on weekends to $20 every day. (Prices of discount seasonal passes, which are available only to Narragansett residents and taxpayers, would not change.)

For a family with two teenagers, the increases would bring the price of a day at the beach to $80.

"I think raising fees is a necessity," Parks and Recreation Director Michelle Kershaw told the Narragansett Town Council at a Tuesday night work session.

Narragansett Town Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Rhode Island, and the only one that charges an admission fee to walk on. In recent years, some residents have clamored to raise fees in order to reduce crowding on busy summer days, while advocates for coastal access have argued that doing so would be exclusionary.

More: The little-known story of why Narragansett can charge you admission at Town Beach.

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