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From released report The Ocean Beach Pier has been closed since January 2021 due to storm damage yet its fate remains unknown after a report reveals it has “reached the end of its service life.” The 364-page, $700,000 tax-payer funded report from civil engineering firm Moffatt & Nicol details the pier damages. A simple visual inspection of the pier and you can see where it slopes downward and upward again, creating a sag. This sag is the lowest point on the pier and the weakest link, where most of the serious damage is happening, according to the report. Also noted are cracked pilings and corrosion above and below the water; Vertical cracks on approximately 25 percent of the piles during the inspection; Seven piles that have significant spalling and a possible loss of pre-stress in one or more strands. ....
SAN DIEGO A newly released report shows that San Diego’s iconic Ocean Beach pier has suffered significant deterioration over the last 55 years and, despite multiple attempts to repair it, it could be the end of the road for the structure. However, city officials said Thursday, they have since made some repairs and are reassessing more recent damage to the pier. They will make updates to the report before reaching a decision about the future of the pier. The report was completed by the advisory firm Moffatt & Nichol in 2019, but it was only recently released to the news media. It makes the case that the pier “has reached the end of its service life.” ....
OCEAN BEACH (KUSI) – We have an update now on the Ocean Beach Pier, which has been locked down for more than three months. According to an engineering report obtained by the “OB Rag,” the damage done over the years is a lot worse than people have been told. “In a nutshell, if the City doesn’t get really in front of this and they haven’t yet and start working a plan to retrofit, or to fix the issues the pier could be closed indefinitely,” Mark Winkie from Ocean Beach Town Council said. But repairs from the city could be coming as soon as next week. ....