People's pier at Rocky Point

Rendering of Rocky Point pier.

From Robert Whitcomb’s “Digital Diary,’’ in GoLocal24.com

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management hopes that work on the new, 280-foot-long T-shaped pier at Rocky Point, in Warwick, scheduled to start within a few weeks, will be finished by year’s end. Too bad it won’t be ready for this summer, but the fact that it will be there soon is heartening. Long piers are potent magnets for people (and fish) and this one, with its shade structure, benches, railings and solar-powered lights, will be a more powerful one than most. That the new pier will provide easy access to saltwater fishing only 10 miles from downtown Providence will be a big draw, including out-of-state tourists.

I sure wish that there were more such public amenities, especially when the rich monopolize so much of the shoreline. Bring back the WPA!