Recently it was published in the Northern Light that the proposed walkway would be terminated on either side of the Via Café.
 
"One business in particular presents a challenge to the project design because it's on the west of the road.
The Via Birch Bay Café is located right where the beach berm would go, so as long as the structure is there, we're going to have to design around it. Middleton said "We're going to taper down the berm on either side of it to make sure that there's no impact to that business.

Well, Mr. Middleton was almost right, yes, " we should design around it."  The Via Café was the hardest hit structure during the last storm, yet every other property is anticipated to be protected from flooding by the proposed berm along the shoreline. Middleton's solution offers no protection to the Via Café.

As shown in the sketch above, the berm or walkway could easily be diverted behind the building and make the North-South connection without any interruption of the business.

This solution has the full endorsement of the Owner of the business and building known as Via Birch Bay Café.