NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is evaluating whether waterfront land at a regional airport can be used for a new port terminal to support construction of a new offshore wind farm.
Quonset State Airport is on waterfront land at the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown.
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation gave permission Friday to the development corporation that oversees the park to evaluate whether a secondary runway should close to free up space for a port terminal.
The memorandum says Rhode Island’s current port terminals are limited for developing wind farm facilities.
Closing a runway would require Federal Aviation Administration approval.
Providence-based Deepwater Wind is planning for a 400-megawatt wind farm. It built the nation’s first offshore wind farm off Block Island.
Massachusetts also announced an offshore wind project last week.
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