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10/27/2025
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Media Advisory: Special House commission to study the flooding of the Pawtuxet River to meet Wednesday
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STATE HOUSE — A special House commission to study flooding on the Pawtuxet River will meet Wednesday to hear presentations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Pawtuxet River Authority.
The panel, which is tasked with studying and providing findings and potential solutions to address the flooding of the Pawtuxet River, will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 135 on the first floor of the State House.
A resolution (2025-H 5847A) creating the commission was introduced earlier this year by Rep. Earl A. Read III (D-Dist. 26, Coventry, West Warwick, Warwick) whose district includes a portion of the river that has a tendency to flood. Representative Read is also chairman of the commission
In addition to Representative Read, the commission includes Rep. Thomas E. Noret (D-Dist. 25, Coventry, West Warwick), Rep. Robert Quattrocchi (R-Dist. 41, Scituate, Cranston), Hope Village resident Allen Durand, Apponaug Brewing Company Co-owner Tamara McKenney, Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency Planning Branch Chief Melinda Hopkins, Warwick Sewer Authority Executive Director BettyAnne Rogers, Department of Environmental Management Chief Resiliency Officer Kimberly Korioth and Pawtuxet River Authority Chairman Robert Nero.
For more information, contact:
Tristan Grau, Publicist
State House Room B20
Providence, RI 02903
401.222.4935
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