Block Island Dredging Projects In Line For Federal Funds

NEW SHOREHAM, RI — President Joe Biden’s proposed fiscal 2022 budget provides $6.8 billion for Army Corps of Engineers civil works programs, and several Rhode Island projects stand to benefit, the USACE New England District has announced.

In New Shoreham, a combined $700,000 is proposed for maintenance dredging of Great Salt Pond and of the Block Island Harbor of Refuge, the agency said in a news release.

Live in New Shoreham? Click here to subscribe to our breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox and mobile devices. You can also download our Patch mobile app on Android or iPhone.

Elsewhere in Rhode Island, $38.6 million would fund maintenance dredging of Providence River and Harbor. A study to investigate navigation improvements in Little Narragansett Bay is set to receive $500,000. Funding for operation and maintenance of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier and the Woonsocket flood risk management project is also included in the budget.

The federal fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.