always had "by request" in its description page. The North Kingstown town Council originally passed a resolution "requesting" that it be introduced. Those are the facts of its origination.
More importantly, one of their biggest concerns (the locals) was the never ending "trash" issue.
Remember "take out what we bring in."
Let's see what DEM does to move this forward now. Here is a link to a rendering of the pier:
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bpola...s/v1render.pdf