They are scheduled to be relighted on Labor Day and officials plan to reopen the lighthouse to visitors next Memorial Day. Those who urged moving the lighthouse said a strong hurricane might one day have toppled it into the Atlantic. Opponents of the move advocated building up the beach and installing groins to stabilize the shoreline. I'm not going to make those judgments. The people who will visit this lighthouse 100 years from now will give us the answer.
Much work remains to be done before the lighthouse opens again to visitors.
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