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The debate over the proposed Quonset Davisville
Port and Commerce Park
The state's plan to build a "megaport" at Quonset
Point has drawn its share of supporters and opponents. What follows are
news reports, documents and links to key voices in the debate.
From The Providence
Journal
11.9.2001
Quonset:
The draft master plan
NORTH
KINGSTOWN -- The future of the site of the largest industrial
park in the state has been fuzzy for almost a decade.
11.9.2001
Quonset:
What's next for once-thriving base?
NORTH
KINGSTOWN -- Think Quonset Point-Davisville and many people
think "bee."
11.9.2001
Argument
for Quonset: It's all about jobs, economic development
Clare Eckert,
on behalf of the Almond administration:
11.9.2001
Argument
against Quonset: It's another justification for a container port
Sarah Kite, on
behalf of Sierra Club Rhode Island
11.9.2001
Quonset:
Surrounding towns give 'possible' port thumbs down
Talk of building
a container port at Quonset Point-Davisville has touched a nerve beyond
North Kingstown. It's an issue that's sparked official responses from
almost all of Washington County's nine towns and from neighboring communities.
From the governor's office
1.11.02
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Applications for
federal and state permits to develop the container port
(PDF document, requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
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Accompanying statement
From
the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.
Site includes all major documents on the proposed port plan, plus schedules
and updates on the port and commerce park master plan
• Review
draft of master plan /
DATED 9.12.2001 / (PDF document, requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
• RIEDC
''white paper" outlining port development plans at Quonset Point-Davisville,
October 2000 / RELEASED 7.5.2001 / (PDF document,
requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader )
• Governor
Almond's June 8 report to the General Assembly calling for an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Quonset proposal / (PDF
document, requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader )
• Quonset
Port feasibility study, prepared by R.K. Johns & Associates, July
2000
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Quonset Point feasibility study report, prepared by TranSystems, Inc.,
October 2000
R.I. Attorney General's Office
• Press
release: Attorney General Reaffirms Decision Ordering Public Disclosure
of Economic Development Corporation "White Paper" / RELEASED
7.5.2001
Save
The Bay
Special section on the Quonset Port Development. Includes links to discussion
lists, key documents, and a compilation of news articles and opinion pieces.
Conservation
Law Foundation
CLF is pressing for responsible redevelopment of Quonset Point/Davisville
and limiting environmental harm to Narragansett Bay
Concerned
Communities Coalition
for a Smart Park at Quonset
Group of North Kingstown and other Rhode Island residents concerned about
the Economic Development Corp.'s plans for a large load center container
port at Quonset/Davisville. Includes opinion pieces, newspaper articles,
and details on container ports across the country.
The
Rhode Island Chapter of the Sierra Club
Reaction statements, documents and links
"Comprehensive
Study of Container Ports and Shipping: Year One Results and Future Directions"
An abstract prepared by URI professors Thomas Grigalunas and
Y.T. Chang and graduate student Meifeng Luo, all of the Department of
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
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AP photo / Matt
York
