East Providence Waterfront Commission

	Welcome to the East Providence Waterfront District website. The Waterfront Commission has been charged with facilitating the transformation of the East Providence waterfront into a model of urban revitalization. Its work will help shape the East Providence waterfront for the next one hundred years.

	Squantum Woods Phase I is complete The first phase of work to correct stormwater runoff problems and control invasive species is over. Thanks to the US EPA and the great folks at All Island Landscape of Portsmouth, the project was finished on time! The stormwater management controls include: repaving the parking lot with Gravel Pave, a porous pavement that kets water permeate through it rather than run off of it; a vortex water quality unit to capture silt from the roadway; a berm and swale to divert water and treat it slowly through fltering it through grass; and new native plantings. The next phase of work will begin in the spring and will include dredging the pond of invasive phragmites plants. This work will be completed by the folks at Village on the Waterfront LLC and Chevron.

	Construction updates The Tockwotton Home is rising from the ground: steel is up and walls are being constructed. The project is expected to be complete by December of 2012, See our Projects page for more information. A few blocks north of Tockwotton, the extension of Waterfront Drive north from Warren Ave. to Dexter Rd. is under construction. Baer Supply Co. is adding a 75,000 sf addition to their 2-year old building on New Rd. and Pawtucket Ave in the Northern part of the District. The Village on the Waterfront project, located on the Chevron property on the Parkway, has received its Coastal Resource permit and is currently undergoing removal of the many pre-existing walls and regrading.