The city of Corpus Christi is moving forward with the first major repairs to the Michael J. Ellis Seawall on Padre Island in decades. For years, the seawall was privately owned and left to deteriorate. Now, the city is taking over maintenance and has a plan to repair and resurface the entire stretch.
For visitors and neighbors, the work can’t come soon enough.
Padre Island seawall repairs coming after decades of slow decay
“Especially different spots on the seawall. If you walk down, you can really see big chunks are out of the seawall, and it actually becomes kind of dangerous. Oh, if a kid was here this might be dangerous actually, so it becomes a hazard,” Tara Volden said.
The repair itself is the priority. The wall helps shield homes and businesses behind it from storm surge when hurricanes hit…