BATAVIA – The Batavia Park District and the Batavia Parks Foundation on Monday moved another step closer to renovating the boardwalk at the Batavia Riverwalk.

The city’s Historic Preservation Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for the project. The park district now will submit construction drawings to the city for a building permit.

The boardwalk was built by volunteers in the mid-1990s as part of the Batavia Riverwalk. Jim Eby, the district’s director of planning and development, said the well-used boardwalk needed to be replaced.