Grant OKd to Study Venice Pier Repairs
The Los Angeles City Council approved a $30,000 grant from the state Coastal Conservancy this week to pay half the cost of an engineering study on the deteriorating Venice Pier, which was closed two years ago.
Joel Breitbart, assistant general manager of the city Recreation and Parks Department, said a consultant is expected to be selected within two weeks. Results of the study are due in the fall.
Breitbart said the study will determine the extent of damage to the 1,200-foot-long, reinforced concrete-and-steel pier. He said the study also will look at the costs of repairing and replacing the pier.
The other half of the money will come from $500,000 that already had been approved for demolition of the pier. The Coastal Conservancy is a state agency charged with preserving coastal resources.
The 25-year-old pier was closed in November, 1986, after pieces of concrete fell off.
Engineers found that salt water had corroded the steel frame and that the rusted steel was expanding, causing the concrete to break.
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