The City of Newport announced the reopening of the southern portion of the Cliff Walk on Monday, June 10, after repairs were made to a sink hole that had closed the section of walkway since April.
The sink hole behind Miramar was discovered by a volunteer who notified the City of the potential hazard in April. The City was able to collaborate with the private property owners adjacent to the walkway to complete the repairs at no cost to taxpayers, thanks to the Schwarzman family.
“As with any repair along the walk, access and collaboration with private property owners is of paramount importance. In this case, working in coordination with the private property owners that abut the walk, engineers were able to complete repairs in a matter of weeks and at no cost to taxpayers. ,” the City of Newport says in a press release.
“This was a truly remarkable effort on behalf of the property owners, the City, and a real service to the community,” said Peter Janaros, who Chairs the City’s Cliff Walk Commission. “Everybody should be applauded all around: From our volunteer who first brought the potential hazard to the attention of the City, to the property owners, who were able to secure the proper State approvals and generously funded the repairs, we simply wouldn’t have been able to get this section of walkway reopened in time for summer if not for the incredible spirit of community that surrounds the Cliff Walk.”
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