c« Greenwich Bay plans 



(1) Cowesett to Cedar Tree Point in ^'arwick 



(2) Sally Rock Point to Buttonwoods in Usrwick 



d. Lover Narragansett Bay barriers . A plan for barriers 

 across the East and VJest Passa^^es near the mouth of Narragansett 

 3ay, 



e. Series of subsurface barriers . A plan for subsurface 

 barriers in the Middle and Lower Bays. 



f . Sakonnet River barriers 



(1) The Hummocks, Portsmouth, to Tiverton 



(2) Island Park, Portsmouth, to Tiverton 



(3) McCurry Point, Portsmouth, to Tiverton 

 (h) Sandy Point, Portsmouth, to TJ.verton 



(5) Black Point, Portsmouth, to Little Coinpton 



g. Local protective measures * In addition to the above bar- 

 rier plans, local interests in the town of Bristol have requested 

 consideration of a breakwater in the harbor to protect waterfront 

 property and commercial and pleasure vessels a "gainst hurricane 

 waves. A number of towns have also proposed the protection or 

 acquisition of vulnerable beach areas and zoninf^ of areas below an 

 elevation of 20 feet above mean sea level, to be accomplished 

 jointly by the State of Rhode Island and Town [governments. 



50. PUBLIC HEARINGS 



Public hearings were held in Providence and Newport, Rhode 

 Island, and Fall River, Massachusetts, on 1, 2 and 3 October 1?56, 

 respectively, to permit locel interests to present their views con- 

 cerning the character and extent of the protection desired and the 

 need for such improvements. A total of I63 attended the meeting in 

 Providence, l5l in Newport and 6S in Fall hiver. Federal, state and 

 local officials; representatives of civic, commercial "and industrial 

 interests; and private individuals attended the hearings. A majority 

 of the participants approved of hurricane flood-control structures 

 in the Providence area and at the mouth of Narragansett Bay, A s\im- 

 mary of the views and opinions expressed at the hearings appears in 

 paragraph 65 and in Appendix G« 



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