The city of San Diego and its consultants on plans to replace the aging and damaged Ocean Beach Pier will hold their fifth public meeting of the process on Saturday, Oct. 26 — this one to update amenities and features of the preferred pier design concept released in April.
The meeting will be from noon to 3 p.m. at the Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, Point Loma.
Details of the workshop will be based on public input received since the preferred design’s unveiling. It will include a presentation, interactive stations and a video display.
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The current pier, which opened in 1966, is permanently closed to the public because of storm-related damage the city has deemed too costly to repair before a full renewal project.
The iconic structure was closed last October in anticipation of winter storms, but unlike in previous years, it did not reopen in the spring after being seriously damaged by high surf.
A replacement pier is estimated to cost $170 million to $190 million. The city plans to pursue a combination of federal and state grants to help fund it.
Though the city had expressed hope to start building a new pier by 2026, Matthew Martinez, vice president of Moffatt & Nichol, San Diego’s top pier consultant, said earlier this year that construction could begin by spring 2027 and in a perfect scenario be completed around December 2028.
For more about the pier plan, visit obpierrenewal.com.
