Colonial Hilton Inns of New England, Inc. v. Rego

The petitioner filed an application, 1 dated December 11, 1969, with the Department of Natural Resources and the Division of Harbors and Rivers of the State of Rhode Island, for permission to perform certain work in accordance with the plans attached to its application. The proposed work consisted of the building of a wharf or bulkhead, approximately three acres in area, within the established harbor line and the filling of a certain area extending channelward from the mean high-water line and boundary of petitioner’s land at Narragansett Boulevard in the city of Cranston for the purpose of…