The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that the next meeting of the Gould Island Restoration Advisory Board will be Oct. 27, 2022, in Jamestown, Rhode Island. This eighth meeting of the Gould Island RAB is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be held in the Town of Jamestown Council Chambers located at 93 Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown. The meeting is open to the public.

USACE’s New England District, working with residents of Jamestown and the surrounding area, established a Restoration Advisory Board to support USACE environmental investigation activities at Gould Island in Narragansett Bay. The RAB helps facilitate information sharing between USACE and members of the local community and provides an avenue to address recommendations and concerns regarding the potential impacts the project may have on the community.

For more information on the RAB meeting or the Gould Island project, contact Tony Silva, USACE project manager, at (978) 318-8067 or via email at Anthony.L.Silva@usace.army.mil. Information and presentations from previous meetings and details of the RAB mission can be found at http://www.jamestownri.gov/town-government/town-committees/gould-island-restoration-advisoryboard.