Algoma’s South Pier should be reopened to the public by next week after temporary repairs. The pier was damaged from erosion caused by high water levels in the past few years.  City Public Works Director Matt Murphy says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finished concrete work by the shoreline of the South Pier wall last Friday and should complete stonework on the west side of the south wall by week’s end.

Murphy notes that the public should gain access to the South Pier by next Monday. About $60,000 was earmarked for temporary fixes that included 85-feet of pier resurfacing. The federal government will be providing another $450,000 for the City of Algoma that consists of a current engineering study to determine a more permanent fix to the South Pier. 

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