A lawsuit filed Friday by the Rhode Island Association of Coastal Taxpayers opens a new chapter in Rhode Island’s long-running fight over shore access.
The Rhode Island Association of Coastal Taxpayers (RIACT) is suing state officials in federal court — alleging the new coastal access law in Rhode Island amounts to the “physical taking of private property without just compensation.”
The Rhode Island General Assembly has attempted to settle a decades-long debate over defining public access along the state’s waterfront with the Atlantic Ocean, but opponents are not ruling out