Blogfinger photo of the work in progress, as a storm hit, March 2024. Paul Goldfinger photo. March, 2024. Click image once, and the water will be over your head. By the way, the crosses at the end were supposed to help the lifeguards maintain safety. What happened to that idea?
By Paul Goldfinger. 5/8/24.
I can’t open the link, but I did get to read the 2021. document. I don’t find anything specifically worrisome in that application, but I am no engineer. In high school I did engineer a date with a cheerleader who was rather stormy herself, but after that back to French class and band.
The “applicant” for a CAFRA permit is the OGCMA which owns the pier, what’s left of it. We had trouble posting this link. The purpose of this application is to have the DEP assess the “waterfront development” of the project and to review the “environmental impact.”
One item which I found interesting is that there is a ship wreck from the late 1800’s 700 feet off the OG beach. So it poses no risk to the pier project.
Much of the documentation for the project is from the Avakian engineers.
The cross is described as a north-south “bump-out.”
The applicant was charged $3,000.00 for the CAFRA permission. The application is to the Department Environmental Protection, Land Use Regulation.
There is no discussion of safety concerns.
LENA HORNE: “Stormy Weather”—love this version!
Are we sure that some more unruly waves won’t cause the pier to buckle—with people on it?
Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net
