The causeway by St Nicholas, originally the landing stage for the ferry from Chiswick to Barnes, has been falling into disrepair and the Old Chiswick Protection Society has been looking for ways to restore it. Now, the Port of London Authority has agreed to undertake its refurbishment. The PLA is to commission a team of construction workers with experience of working in tidal waters to stabilise the structure in wood and rebuild the pavement with a layer of concrete as a base for paving with bricks, granite setts and stone slabs – similar materials to those already used in the structure.