Superstorm Sandy-Destroyed Seaside Walking Path Restored

  From a press release:  

Stonington First Selectman Ed Haberek, Borough officials, Commons residents, and the team of professionals who helped restore the Stonington Commons seaside-walking path damaged by last fall’s Superstorm Sandy gathered at the site May 31 to celebrate the trail’s re-opening.  

The shoreline public walkway has been closed since Storm Sandy as a safety precaution while engineers surveyed the damages, made their recommendations and completed rehabilitation of the 400-foot path along the waterfront of Stonington Commons.  

Donald Aubrey of Towne Engineering, civil engineers and land surveyors, B & W Paving and Landscaping, Cedar Ridge Landscaping, and directors of the Stonington Commons Community Association, working in association with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the DEEP Office of Long Island Sound, have redesigned the path by adding granite curbing reinforced with large grouted rip rap in an attempt to weather the impact of future severe storms.   

The Stonington Commons Community has also made extensive repairs to the brick walkway along the parking lot bulkhead near Skipper’s Dock.  

Open to the public, the Stonington Commons seaside-walking trail is open only during daylight hours, from dawn to dusk.