Fourteen Islanders have been selected to help determine the future of the part of Dockton Road that borders Puget Sound.

Last year, a government report named the part of Dockton Road south of Tramp Harbor the most vulnerable stretch of publicly owned pavement in unincorporated King County.

At the time, the county unveiled a $48 million plan to repair that and two other segments of road. But several options are now on the table, from minor repairs to shutting down Dockton Road from Chautauqua Beach Road to S.W. Quartermaster Drive — where the road abuts Puget Sound.

The 90-year-old seawall along the road has deteriorated so badly there that the county had to perform $100,000 in emergency repairs in December 2006. But small-scale repairs are no longer effective on the seawall.

The King County Roads Service Division selected Vashon residents to help advise the county on the Dockton Road Preservation Project, with the hope that the community advisory group could keep the county apprised of community sentiments on the project.

The first meeting of the community advisory group will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 at Courthouse Square. The public is welcome to attend and observe.

The members of the group are Kyle Cruver, Jim Distelhorst, Robert Fetterley, Kathy Flynn, Dick Franklin, James Hauser, John Hopkins, Nancy Kappelman, Pat Ritzhaupt, Michael Ryan, Harold Seaburg, Murray Speirs, Jennifer Wade and Frank Zellerhoff.

A spokesperson for the King County Department of Transportation, said the members provide the group with balanced representation based on geography and community involvement. Consideration was also given to residents living on, or close to, the proposed project area.