Concerns about our Pier from Ros Hutchison

Ros Hutchison

THE SHORNCLIFFE PIER IS STILL AT RISK. 130 years of history and a beloved playground for the community.

The council has told us all to calm down because they plan to 'fix' the pier. But they have still NOT done anything to halt the termites and marine borers despite knowing about them for at least 18 months and closing the pier in March. Of the $20 million they have budgetted for over the next 5 years for the project, $200,000 is all they have for this financial year. Some of that is for termite work but WHEN? We haven't been able to find out. The rest is for 'planning and design'. The real work is budgetted for in 2014!!!

More damage is being done daily. Are they hoping it will fall into the sea? I suspect it after reading their webpage. You don't use 'salvaged material' from a pier that is still standing...

It is our belief, having read the council webpage on the pier, that they do not intend to REPAIR it, but to REPLACE it. By holding off and letting the damage continue, it will rot to the point of being irreplaceable just like they did with the old Hornibrook Bridge.

Their project is called the Shorncliffe Pier Renewal Project and talks of using 'salvaged material wherever possible'.