AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoPublic Health Alert: RIDOH and DEM confirmed Jamestown Canyon Virus in Tiverton and also found more West Nile Virus in multiple towns, with officials urging residents to stay alert for mosquito-borne illness. Water Safety: RIDOH and DEM issued a high-risk advisory to avoid contact with Blackamore Pond in Cranston due to harmful algae blooms, including no swimming, fishing, or drinking untreated water. Coastal Resilience: Block Island’s Coastal Resilience Committee held a public session on Corn Neck Road resilience and dune restoration, including three preliminary beach pavilion design options meant to protect dunes as the “primary natural defense.” Working Waterfront: A Rhode Island working waterfront advocate warns corporate marina consolidation is pricing out fishers and small operators, threatening access to the “blue economy.” Heat & Weather: Heat advisories remain in effect across Rhode Island and nearby states, with humidity pushing heat illness risk—plus storm chances that may be brief and hard to pin down. Local Infrastructure: Barrington is moving ahead on two federally funded sidewalk projects, including Massasoit Avenue and New Meadow Road. Boater Services: Bristol and RIDEM added a free self-service sewage pump-out barge on the Kickemuit River to cut down on waste impacts.
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