As rain keeps falling, flooding solution eludes Port officials

A year after major flooding hit Port Washington, city officials are still grappling with the question of how best to mitigate flooding on the city’s west side and along Lake Street.

The options being studied include infrastructure changes, such as modifications to the Spinnaker West detention pond and enlarging the North Spring Street culvert, to providing financial assistance to homeowners who have experienced repeated flooding to eliminate walk-out basements that allow water into their homes.