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City To Reassemble Seawall

City crews will reassemble the seawall between Park Drive and Hubbard Avenue through City Park to Northwest Boulevard on Sept. 30 as part of the recertification of the Dike Road levee. Several areas will be closed along the southern side of Rosenberry Drive between Park and Hubbard during construction. The Independence Point parking lot will be closed from Monday though Oct. 3. Lakeshore Drive between Hubbard and Park will see closures on and off throughout the day Sept. 30. And parts of City Park and the beach will be closed during construction. Workers will install 239 uprights (H beams) and approximately 1,700 planks. The work is expected to take 10 to 12 hours to complete, but the project could wrap up sooner, said City Street Superintendent Tim Martin, whose crews will assemble the wall with assistance from Water and Parks department personnel/Kristina Lyman, city fo Coeur d'Alene. More here.

DFO: I'm still trying to understand this. I've watched city crews prepare the low-lying seawall for next week's work. It appears to me that the reassembled seawall will obscure the public view of Lake Coeur d'Alene. I hope that's not the case. Or, at least, the case for very long.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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