Edmonds fishing pier sidewalk fixed

EDMONDS – The hole is fixed.

Crews finished filling in the spot Wednesday where the sidewalk leading to the Edmonds waterfront fishing pier collapsed Jan. 12. The popular pier was reopened about noon.

Michael V. Martina / The Herald

Repairs to the fishing pier walkway in Edmonds were completed on Wednesday. The pier reopened about noon.

Crews broke up and removed pieces of concrete sidewalk from the hole and filled the opening with sand, city parks director Brian McIntosh said. The sand was covered with asphalt. The wooden seawall was patched with plywood and boards, McIntosh said.

The repairs cost about $4,000, officials said, with the city and the Port of Edmonds splitting the cost.

High tides washed out part of the old wooden seawall below the walkway. The soil beneath the sidewalk was washed out, causing the sidewalk to collapse.

Lots of work is planned for the area later this year.

The port will pay $1.5 million to replace the wooden bulkhead with a concrete seawall. That work will take place July through November, with the fishing pier expected to remain open most of the time, assistant city engineer Don Fiene said. Any closures would likely be short, he added.

In conjunction, the port will spend $637,000 to repair part of its marina breakwater. Also, the city will replace a storm drain outfall south of Olympic Beach, at a cost of $250,000. From April to August, the city will repair a sewer plant outfall line north of the fishing pier, a $730,000 project.

The plaza area at the south end of Olympic Beach and part of the beach itself will be closed during much of the work, McIntosh said.

“It’ll be a bit of a walk-around,” he said.

Reporter Bill Sheets: 425-339-3439 or sheets@heraldnet.com.

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