Storm-battered Santa Cruz County pier will be demolished

Red Fish

Senior Member
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Michael, that is a shame that they are not going to rebuild Sea Cliff in Aptos. I fished there (1) time with not much success but saw a small seal there that I believe was being chased to the base of the pier by GW’s that started hanging out at that pier in the last 10 years.

Capitola Pier is my favorite of that area and I hope they make the necessary repairs in the next year to reopen.
 
#3
Michael, that is a shame that they are not going to rebuild Sea Cliff in Aptos. I fished there (1) time with not much success but saw a small seal there that I believe was being chased to the base of the pier by GW’s that started hanging out at that pier in the last 10 years.

Capitola Pier is my favorite of that area and I hope they make the necessary repairs in the next year to reopen.
Yeah, it's a shame it can't be saved or will be rebuilt. I'm still waiting to BP to be resolved if it ever is.
 

TheFrood

Well-Known Member
#4
Yeah, it's a shame it can't be saved or will be rebuilt. I'm still waiting to BP to be resolved if it ever is.
Seems to me that BP is in kind of in a weird situation... It's large enough and made from materials that can't just be sank into the bay now (I think... Isn't the asphalt on it considered hazardous material?) so it seems like the demolition cost would be up on par with the cost to rebuild or repair it... or maybe it isn't close to being on par but still too expensive for the city to easily make the decision...
 
#5
Seems to me that BP is in kind of in a weird situation... It's large enough and made from materials that can't just be sank into the bay now (I think... Isn't the asphalt on it considered hazardous material?) so it seems like the demolition cost would be up on par with the cost to rebuild or repair it... or maybe it isn't close to being on par but still too expensive for the city to easily make the decision...
The majority of BP consists of concrete and rebar. There could be some asphalt patching here and there on the decking perhaps but there aren’t large quantities of it there. I don’t think concrete or asphalt is considered a hazardous material in general. But this is California and, in the Bay, could be a different story on how the state sees it.
 

TheFrood

Well-Known Member
#6
The majority of BP consists of concrete and rebar. There could be some asphalt patching here and there on the decking perhaps but there aren’t large quantities of it there. I don’t think concrete or asphalt is considered a hazardous material in general. But this is California and, in the Bay, could be a different story on how the state sees it.
I thought the majority of the pier was paved with asphalt (which has petroleum leech from it over time)... sorry, been years and years since I've been on that pier. I could be wrong about the asphalt too.