Press & News
Westerly Sun — CRMC hearing on Spring Ave. right of way likely in June
By Ryan Blessing — A public hearing on whether Westerly’s Spring Avenue extension should be designated a state public right of way is expected to begin in late June.
ecoRI News — Series of Bills Would Revamp Ocean State’s Coastal Management Agency
By Rob Smith — The calls for reforming the state’s coastal management agency are growing stronger in the General Assembly. Last week, members of the Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee heard a package of five bills to overhaul the Coastal Resources Management Council, the regulatory agency responsible for permitting offshore wind, aquaculture, and development along Rhode Island’s more than 400 miles of coastline.
ecoRI News — Long-Serving Member Resigns from R.I.’s Coastal Agency
By Frank Carini — For years the board that oversees the Ocean State’s coastal regulations has been operating with vacancies, and last month it lost a long-serving member.
The Public’s Radio — Rhode Island AG urges CRMC to designate a contested right-of-way in Westerly public
By Alex Nunes — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha is getting involved in a closely-followed case over a contested right-of-way to the shore in South County.
ecoRI News — Shoreline Access Study Commission Agrees on Public’s Right to Pass
By Rob Smith — Next step: Panel will send a final report to the General Assembly with its recommendations
ecoRI News — Study Commission: CRMC’s Budget is Insufficient
By Rob Smith — State officials should be investing more in coastal protection and management, according to the legislature’s study commission on reorganizing the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC).
CRMC — CRMC updates its Rights-of-Way online viewer
The revised mapping tool can be found on the CRMC website under Maps or https://crmcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/attachmentviewer/index.html?appid=7f8f263ce81c4e269c4b87a35371f86f
The Public’s Radio — House commission to invite public comment in South County on shoreline access
By Alex Nunes — A State House commission set up to study access to Rhode Island’s shoreline will take one of its meetings to South County later this year to get public comment from communities where disputes over beach access have been most contentious.
CRMC — CRMC designates four new rights-of-way
The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) recently designated four new public rights-of-ways – three in North Kingstown and one in Providence.
The Boston Globe — Here’s who will serve on a commission looking into R.I. shoreline rights
By Brian Amaral — A new Rhode Island House study commission looking into the hotly contested subject of shoreline rights will meet for the first time Aug. 26 at the State House, according to the office of House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi.
The Public’s Radio — Members named to new state commission on shoreline access in Rhode Island
By Alex Nunes — State lawmakers are taking another step forward in their plans to examine shoreline access in Rhode Island with appointments to a new House commission.