(Undated)--An update on a controversial Department of Environmental Protection project in South County.The Westerly Sun reports the DEM agreed to end its effort to build the Arcadia Natural Resources and Visitors Center on Browning Mill Pond on the Exeter-Richmond border, in a legal agreement earlier this month that will see the towns dismiss their lawsuits against the state in exchange.The towns sued after the DEM planned the project for several years before the towns learned about it in 2017, and then the DEM refused to stop progress or make changes despite resident concerns.The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the DEM had to get local approval.
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