In addition to creating public access by legislative mandate to discover and designate public rights-of-way to the shore, CRMC creates public access via Section 335 regulations in the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program.

These regulations require that a public access plan be included when CRMC issues a permit for:

• Commercial and industrial development or redevelopment projects
• New marinas or significant expansions to marinas
• Activities that involve the filling of tidal waters
• Publicly funded beach nourishment projects

Projects That Include a Section 335 Public Access Plan

Bristol

• Stone Harbour Condominiums
• Thames Street Landing
• Weetamoe Farms Condominiums
• Wharf Tavern

Little Compton

• Sakonnet Point Club

Narragansett

• Knowlesway Extension (at Point Judith Pond)

Newport

• Casey’s Marina
• Newport Onshore
• The Inn at Long Wharf (Marina)
• West Wind Marina (Waite’s Wharf)

North Kingstown

• Blue Beach (R.I. Economic Development Corporation)
• Compass Rose Beach (R.I. Economic Development Corporation)
• Jamestown Bridge (R.I. Department of Transportation)
• Keiffer Park (R.I. Economic Development Corporation)
• North Kingstown Town Marina
• Spink’s Neck Beach (R.I. Economic Development Corporation)

Portsmouth

• Carnegie Abbey
• Melville Marina
• Mount Hope Marine Terminal

Providence

• Collier Point Park (Narragansett Electric)
• Providence Place Mall
• Shooters (Currently R.I. Department of Transportation property)

Tiverton

• Village at Mount Hope Bay (Starwood)

Warwick

• Dickerson’s Marina
• Greenwich Bay Marina