New Shoreham (Block Island) Sea Level Rise Committee Meeting
Tuesday July 5, 2022
3 PM
Town Hall, 16 Old Town Road, New Shoreham
Agenda: TBD
Next meeting: July 5th, 2022
Following the meeting, we will be touring several sites of concern for sea level rise and climate change including:
- drive through Bridgegate Square and discuss its low elevation,
- then up Corn Neck Road to the Beach House (STOP #1),- Scotch and Mosquito Beaches (STOP #2),
- the end of West Beach Road, to top of walkway for west side dune, marsh, and erosion discussion, as well as the Transfer Station (STOP #3),
- return down Corn Neck, right on Beach Ave to discuss pinch points to inner ponds & BI Power, past police/fire/rescue, to Center Road to
- second bluffs, not SLR but fresh-water erosion, also influenced by climate change (across from the end of Pilot Hill Road; STOP #4),
- return down Spring Street and leave them in Town.
We are trying to identify a van for the guests and folks are welcome to use their own vehicles or carpool to meet us at the stops.
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