HENRY ISE, 



STATE nr RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS 

 DEPARTMENT DF PUBLIC WORKS 



DIVIBIDN OF HARBORS AND RIVERS 



216 STATE DFFfCE BUILDING, PROVIDENCE 3, R. I. 



September 24, 1956 



The Honorable Dennis J., Roberts 

 Governor of the State of Rhode Island 

 State House 

 Providence, Rhode Island 



My dear Governor: 



At an executive meeting held at the State House on Tuesday evening, 

 September 18, inanediately after its fourth general meeting, the Rhode 

 Island Hurricane Survey Advisory Committee voted to inform the Corps of 

 Engineers, U. S, Army, through General Robert J, Fleming, Jr,, Division 

 Engineer, at, Boston, Massachusetts, that the committee is in favor of 

 the follovdng: 



(a) The construction of a hurricane barrier at the 

 entrance to Norragansett Bay and a dam at Fox 

 Point, 



(b) The committee urge the Corps of Engineers to 

 consider providing local protection against 

 wave— action damage v*iich will occur in certain 

 critical areas of the bay even though hur-icane 

 barriers are constructed as suggested above, 



(c) That the Corps of Engineers sho\ild continue and 

 bring to an early conclusion the studies now 

 being made to ascertain the effects construction 

 of a lower bay barrier and the resulting change 

 In tidal ranges may have on fish and wildlife, 

 on pollutioh, on navigation, and on certain 

 shorefront properties, 



(d) Because of the general character of the proposed 

 barriers and the widespread benefits vrtiich would 

 be derived from them, the committee feels that 

 the proposed hurricane projects should be 

 considered eligible for Federal government financing. 



Respectfully yours, 



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Henry Ise, Chief - 



Division of Harbors & Rivers 



Chairman, R, I, Hurricane Survey Advisory 



Committee 



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