A project that the D.C. area has been following closely has finally wrapped up. Visitors are now allowed to walk the entire edge of the Tidal Basin after fencing was removed this week blocking a significant portion.
The roughly 6,000 feet of sea wall between the Jefferson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorials has been fenced off for nearly two years. Crews began working on the Tidal Basin sea wall restoration project in the summer of 2024, raising those walls to prevent the frequent flooding.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday…