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Vehicle access to Camp Cronin Fishing Area at Point Judith in Narragansett to be restricted during breakwater repair project

Published Oct. 4, 2016

NARRAGANSETT, RI –  Visitors to the popular Camp Cronin Fishing Area and overlook site at Point Judith in Narragansett, RI, will have to leave their vehicles behind when visiting the site from mid-October until late March 2017 as construction work resumes after the 2016 recreational season to complete the Camp Cronin stone revetment and East Shore Arm breakwater repair project.

 

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District are working together to complete the repair project.

 

The duration of closure of the Camp Cronin Fishing Area to vehicular access will be on or about Oct. 11, 2016 to March 31, 2017 while the construction project is underway. The location of the closure is the access road off of Ocean Road to the Camp Cronin Fishing Area. Here is a link to the map that shows the area restricted to vehicles

http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/Topics/CampCronin/CampCroninMap.pdf.

 

Pedestrian access will be allowed for the duration of the construction project. A construction fence will delineate a four foot wide pedestrian pathway on the east side of the access road from Ocean Road. This pathway will allow access to the Point Judith Fisherman's Memorial.

 

The project will be completed under the terms of a $8,706,894.49 contract awarded on Aug. 27, 2014 by the Corps of Engineers to RC&D, Inc., of Pawtucket, RI. RIDEM will be funding approximately $2,036,241.56 via a HUD grant, of the contract amount for the construction of the revetment on State property.

 

Construction started in late October 2014 with a projection to take about 19 months to complete, over three construction seasons (Oct. 1, 2014 to May 15, 2015; Oct. 1, 2015 to May 15, 2016; and Oct. 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017) to avoid impact to recreation.

 

“The work to construct the ocean shoreline stone revetment at the Camp Cronin fishing area in Narragansett was completed in May 2015. The contractor began work on the breakwater repair in October 2015 and demobilized from the site in May 2016 so that Camp Cronin Fishing Area and overlook site could be used during the summer recreation season. In mid-October, the contractor will mobilize on site to complete constructing emergency repairs to the adjacent East Shore Arm Breakwater of the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge Federal navigation project,” said Corps of Engineers Project Manager Jennifer Flanagan. “The existing shoreline and breakwater were both damaged during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.”

 

The shoreline revetment work involved excavation, furnishing and placing gravel bedding, stone filter materials, underlayer stone, 2-ton stone, armor stone, cobble fill, crushed stone, and parking lot fill. Work involved removing, stockpiling, and resetting existing cobble and boulders that were at the site. Repairs to the breakwater will require the furnishment, delivery, and placement of new armor stone (up to 15-tons per stone) to replace stones displaced during Hurricane Sandy, and the filling in of existing gaps and low points along the breakwater.

 

The repairs will be performed to restore the breakwater to the original profiles and cross-sections. Repairs will require substantial moving and manipulation of both new and existing stones to achieve both the required interlocking placement and design grades. The project will be managed by the Corps under the supervision of a Corps’ Quality Assurance Representative to assure compliance with contract requirements.

 

For more project information visit the website at: http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Navigation/RhodeIsland/PointJudith.aspx. A map is available at: http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/Navigation/RI/PJH/PJHmap.pdf

 

Questions regarding the vehicle access restriction can be directed to Andres Aveledo of RIDEM at 401-222-4700 ext. 7235 or Jennifer Flanagan of USACE at 978-318-8015.


Contact
Tim Dugan
978-318-8264
cenae-pa@usace.army.mil
or
Gail Mastrati
401-222-4700 x2402
RI DEM

Release no. 2016-093