McKee to announce Crescent Park Beach as a swimmable beach

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Governor Dan McKee will gather with state officials today to announce a project to reopen Crescent Park Beach in East Providence as a licensed state, beach.

According to a recent release, the reopening is the culmination of several water quality improvement projects that health officials have been working on at the beach.

The beach has been a non-swimming beach for over a century.

May 2026 is being targeted as the opening date after a program of water quality testing by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the construction of restrooms at the state, and the hiring of lifeguards.

Funding for the project was secured by RIODH and from the Environmental Protection Agency.