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    Over the past 75 years, the shoreline in Matunuck, Rhode Island has shrunk nearly 120 feet due to erosion. The town officials of South Kingstown have proposed and approved building a 202-foot retaining wall along Matunuck Beach Road starting in Fall 2015 to combat further shoreline loss. However, some local homeowners and businesses oppose the wall as they believe it will threaten their properties by pinning them between the wall and ocean.

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    Over the past 75 years, the shoreline in Matunuck, Rhode Island has shrunk nearly 120 feet due to erosion. The town officials of South Kingstown have proposed and approved building a 202-foot retaining wall along Matunuck Beach Road starting in Fall 2015 to combat further shoreline loss. However, some local homeowners and businesses oppose the wall as they believe it will threaten their properties by pinning them between the wall and ocean.

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    Over the past 75 years, the shoreline in Matunuck, Rhode Island has shrunk nearly 120 feet due to erosion. The town officials of South Kingstown have proposed and approved building a 202-foot retaining wall along Matunuck Beach Road starting in Fall 2015 to combat further shoreline loss. However, some local homeowners and businesses oppose the wall as they believe it will threaten their properties by pinning them between the wall and ocean.

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    Over

    the past 75 years, the shoreline


    has shrunk nearly 120 feet.

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    SHEET

    Matunuck Retaining Wall


    Proposed by South Kingtown
    Town Officials.
    Approved
    Building will begin as early as
    Fall 2015.
    Those Opposed
    Believe it is a threat to their
    homes and businesses. W all
    would be built along road
    pinning them between wall
    and ocean.

    Matunuck shorelines erode nearly a foot and a half per year.


    Two hundred homes in area.
    Roughly 1,600 residents.
    Wall will span 202 feet along Matunuck Beach Road.
    You can visit the South Kingstown town website for updates.
    Also, visit protectmatunuck.com to see what those against the wall
    are continuing to do to stop/slow the process down.

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