Range Usage: The Great Swamp Shooting Range is designed to accommodate rifle, handgun, shotgun and archery. [...] Intended Users: The GSSR’s is designed to support hunters, target shooters and to facilitate hunter education classes.How is the Range Staffed: The Great Swamp Shooting Range is staffed by both full and part-time RI DNR agency personnel. [...] Actual Time to Completion: From design to completion, the upgrade of the GSSR range took 16 months. The project did take 24 months from the initial bid with solicitations to final approval. [...] Biggest Obstacles: The biggest obstacle to this project was political opposition upon the publication of the reopening/expansion timeframe of the GSSR. [...] The Great Swamp Shooting Range overcame this objection by citing that the funding came from federal PR monies and reneging on the plan was not an option. [...] GSSR also provided assurances that the range was preexisting, and expansion was well constructed, safe, and fully staffed. [...] A “quite” reopening got the ranges past this objection point, and the GSSR has kept a low profile to this day given the State’s political leanings. What Portion of the Project Took More Time Than Expected? [...] The largest delays consisted of the typical internal state processes: permitting and purchasing (for both engineering and construction). [...] The staff at the Great Swamp Shooting Range wished they had a central document outlining the process, timelines, and pitfalls encountered in the last project. [...] Due to staff turnover, the team at GSSR have incomplete knowledge of the issues that directly impacted this range expansion.
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