Providence, RI Infrastructure Bank awards $5.2 million in action grants for municipal resilience projects (MRP) in eight R.I. communities.

Theses MRP action grants are for resilient infrastructure projects designed to mitigate the impacts of extreme flooding and coastal erosion:

1. Burrillville - $750,000 - Oakland Pump Station resiliency improvements

2. Cranston - $240,000 - Furnace Hill Brook: habitat & flooding concerns

3. Hopkinton - $461,911 - strengthening flood resilience

4. Johnston - $750,000 - Atwood/Hartford flood mitigation - phase 3

5. Lincoln - $750,000 - stormwater infrastructure improvements

6. Middletown - $750,000 - Green End and Berkeley culvert replacement

7. Providence - $750,000 - India Point Park shoreline improvements project

8. South Kingstown - $750,000 - Saugatucket culvert improvements.

With support from The Nature Conservancy, 38 of Rhode Island’s 39 municipalities have now participated in the MRP workshop process to develop prioritized lists of actionable resilience plans and projects.

Funding for these action grants comes from the 2022 voter approved Green Bond, which provided $16 million for municipal resilience projects. A previous round of $12 million in MRP Action Grants was awarded in January 2024.