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News Advisory
RI Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
FOR AP AND METRO NEWS DAYBOOKS:
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009

Time:

 10 a.m.
Location: Mount Hope Boat Ramp
Annawanscott Drive off Metacom Ave. in Bristol
Event: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Mount Hope Boat Launch Improvement Project

For Release:

 October 22, 2009
Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402

DEM TO HOST OCTOBER 23 GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR MOUNT HOPE BOAT LAUNCH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN BRISTOL
Dock Access to Boaters with Disabilities Among Improvements Being Made

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management will host a groundbreaking event for the Mount Hope Boat Launch Improvement Project at 10 a.m. Friday, October 23.

The project involves replacing the existing boat launch located behind the RI Veterans' Home with a new, 60-foot wide concrete ramp and two floating courtesy docks. The Mount Hope facility will be accessible to boaters with disabilities. The new parking area will include 49 vehicle/trailer parking spaces and five vehicle only parking spaces. The parking lot will also feature low-impact design elements such as bio-retention areas that will treat storm water runoff before it enters Mount Hope Bay. The entrance road will be realigned and a small gazebo will be installed.

A channel will be dredged from the new boat ramp location, which is north of the existing Mount Hope boat ramp, into deep water to accommodate larger boats brought in by trailer to the new facility. When completed, this ramp will be the only public boat launching ramp of its size in the Rhode Island portion of Mount Hope Bay.

The $998,211 project will be constructed by HK&S Construction Holding Corporation of Newport, and is being funded entirely by the Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration fund through a tax on motorboat fuel. Gordon R. Archibald, Inc. of Pawtucket designed the new facility. The new boat ramp is expected to be open to the public during the 2010 boating season.

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