PROVIDENCE — State coastal regulators are headed to court again, only this time they’re going to be the plaintiffs.
The Coastal Resources Management Council voted unanimously Tuesday to side with a staff recommendation and begin legal proceedings against the Quidnessett Country Club over its repeated noncompliance with the agency’s orders to take down an illegal 550-foot-long stone seawall the club constructed by the 14th hole of its golf course.
Going into the meeting, it looked likely the agency would take further action. During an enforcement hearing against the club on June 10, council members voted to award Quidnessett Country Club a 120-day stay against an order to remove the seawall. At the time, council members wanted to give CRMC staff more time to come to a compromise with the club to remove the seawall…