Designing Providence Riverwalk to Improve Resilience and Habitat of Woonasquatucket River, Rhode Island

Recipient: City of Providence

Grant Amount: $1,000,000 Matching Funds: $2,000,000 Total Project Amount: $3,000,000

This award will develop final designs to naturalize the Providence Riverwalk to improve water quality, resiliency, and habitat of the Woonasquatucket River. Once implemented, the project will raise the riverwalk above future flood elevations, renaturalize riverbanks beneath the new shared-use path, and filter stormwater runoff.

For more information on the grant program funding this project, please visit the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law webpage. For more information on the National Coastal Resilience Fund, visit National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s website.