City advised to build raised breakwater walkway

The City of Port Washington should install a metal walkway over the eastern 1,000 feet of the breakwater to provide a stable and sustainable surface for people to walk out to the lighthouse, the Common Council was told Tuesday.

It’s really the only option the city has to complete repairs to the structure, officials with Foth Infrastructure and Environment told aldermen.

“We’ve run out of options to find money and go the distance to the lighthouse,” Brian Hinrichs, lead environmental scientist for Foth, said.