Legal Opinion
Conservation Law Foundation v. Federal Highway Administration
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 30, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-538B, 92-677BPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Senior District Judge.
I. Introduction
This litigation stems from the proposed construction of the Jamestown Connector, a four-lane, divided, controlled access highway across the island of Jamestown, Rhode Island which will connect the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge and the Pell (Newport) Bridge. 1 Jamestown Island, lies in the middle of Narragansett Bay in what is known by some as the Route 138 corridor, a forty (40) mile stretch of roadways running from 1-95 in Richmond, Rhode Island to 1-195 in Swansea, Massachusetts. The plaintiffs are the Conservation Law Foundation…
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