KENNEBUNK — The Middle Beach seawall, which town officials said was in a state of erosion a month ago, has seen little to no further deterioration since that time, town officials said during a Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday.

Town Engineer Chris Osterrieder said in September that the seawall had experienced a loss of material below the wall, exposing metal sheeting. He compared the failing seawall to a “tooth without a gum.”

On Tuesday, Osterrieder told the Board of Selectmen that the wall’s state had improved slightly, and soon the sidewalk near the wall, on Boothby Road, would be repaved.

He added that he should soon have enough information to estimate on the cost of repairs.

“We have scheduled to do some surveys next week at dead low tide,” Osterreider said. “With that I think we’ll be in position to make some recommendations for a budgeting item which is good news.”

The better news is that nothing (in the wall) is moving,” Osterreider added. “So I think we have things pretty much under wrap and were proceeding down the pathway budget-wise, and I’d say we are quite a bit under the amount I’d originally scared you with.”

“An assessment of the entire seawall,” would take place, Town Manager Michael Pardue said, and a proposal for repairs would likely be put before the board in the next town budget.

“As we look at our infrastructure and recognizing in a number of areas throughout the town we have a failing infrastructure in many ways, roads and seawalls, et cetera, that is something you may see coming forward as a request,” Pardue said.

Town engineers said they would revisit the situation once further surveying had been completed.

— Staff Writer Ryder Schumacher can be reached at 282-1535, or via email at rschumacher@journaltribune.com.