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State grant subaward for Mill Creek project on Prudence Island drafted for about $1.2 million

5943519 · October 15, 2025

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Town staff reported the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has obtained a Federal National Fish & Wildlife Foundation subaward for the Mill Creek resilience project on Prudence Island; a Portsmouth subaward agreement of about $1.2 million is being drafted and would expire in 2027.

Town Administrator Rich Rayner told the council the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has obtained a Federal National Fish & Wildlife Foundation fund award allocated to the Mill Creek project on Prudence (Prudence) Island.

Rayner said a subaward agreement with Portsmouth is being drafted for roughly $1,200,000 and that the award period would run to 2027. The project is intended to restore Mill Creek using box culverts and nature-based solutions to improve shoreline habitat and protect infrastructure from flooding and storm surge.

Rayner recalled that in November 2024, a separate National Coastal Resiliency Fund award of $2.4 million was announced for Aquidneck Island projects; portions of those funds are meant to support restoration work across island communities.

The subaward drafting was presented as an informational item in the town-administrator report; no council vote on the subaward itself was recorded at the meeting.