When they go to the polls Nov. 6, voters will be asked to approve the borrowing of $367.3 million for capital projects related to education, green economy and clean water.
Here are the three …
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When they go to the polls Nov. 6, voters will be asked to approve the borrowing of $367.3 million for capital projects related to education, green economy and clean water.
Here are the three bond questions:
1) Rhode Island school buildings — $250 million to provide state assistance to cities and towns for the construction of new public schools and renovation of existing public schools
2) Higher education facilities — $70 million to be allocated as follows:
• $45 million for the University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus
• $25 million for the Rhode Island College School of Education and Human Development
3) Green economy and clean water — $47.3 million for environmental and recreational purposes, to be allocated as follows:
• $5 million for coastal resiliency and public access projects
• $7.9 million for capital for clean water and drinking water
• $5 million for wastewater treatment facility resilience improvements
• $4.4 million for dam safety
• $7 million for dredging of the downtown Providence rivers
• $5 million for the state bikeway development program
• $4 million for brownfield remediation and economic development
• $5 million for local recreation projects
• $2 million for access to farmland
• $2 million for local open space