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Lakeside Park lighthouse area to get pavement update, but some trees will be replaced

Daphne Lemke
Fond du Lac Reporter

FOND DU LAC – Lakeside Park's lighthouse peninsula is set to get a facelift — and while there are no new structures planned, a few trees will need to be replaced.

With the pavement on Lighthouse Drive deteriorating, $210,000 is slated in this year's capital improvement plan for repaving, and Public Works Director Paul DeVries put two options in front of the Advisory Park Board Monday.

Both options included an 18-foot drive lane, angled parking by the marina, two parallel parking stalls near the lighthouse, green space and access to the lighthouse compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The option the board chose included extending the lakefront parking lot west into the green space, which means cutting down and replacing some of the trees. The board added to its motion that the impact on the trees would be minimized as much as possible.

Green space in the area will not decrease, but will shift, according to the plan.

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The other option would have taken away 14 parking stalls facing the lake, making up for it with parallel parking in front of the lighthouse and along the drive's exit, though not along the lake.

Based off public feedback, the plans' main goal was to address pedestrian and bicycle safety. More information on both plans is available on the meeting agenda.

Also at Monday's meeting, the board welcomed new members James Misudek, John Papenheim and Dale Albrandt. It voted Amy Schingen as board chair and Papenheim as vice chair.

Meanwhile, Fond du Lac City Council will discuss Wednesday the feasibility study on the pedestrian bridge in Lakeside Park.

Contact Daphne Lemke at dlemke@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @daphlemke.