HUNTINGTON BEACH : Coastal Commission Approves Pier Plans
To the jubilation of city officials, the powerful state Coastal Commission on Thursday unanimously approved the city’s plans for razing its old, storm-damaged pier and replacing it with a new one.
“This was very important,” said Mike Adams, the city’s director of community services. “This now gives us the green light for proceeding with contracts. We can keep right on schedule.”
The Coastal Commission, meeting in Long Beach, voted 11 to 0 to approve the pier plans after a presentation by the city. No one spoke against the city’s plans.
The old pier has been closed since July, 1988, when engineers deemed it unsafe for use because of age and multiple storm damage. The end of the pier, including a new restaurant, was broken off and thrown into the ocean by a storm in January, 1988.
The city plans to tear down the remainder of the old pier shortly after the Sept. 3 Labor Day holiday. Construction of a new pier, estimated to cost $12.8 million, is to begin in late November or early December.
The Coastal Commission approval was necessary because it is the state agency that governs land use of the coastal areas.
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