Pier at St. Augustine Beach reopens for first time in months

ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. – The St. Johns County Ocean and Fishing Pier in St. Augustine Seashore has reopened for the primary time in months.

The complete pier was closed in August 2024 after the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers accomplished a shoreline restoration undertaking that uncovered the pillars closest to the ocean, which confirmed harm that consultants wished to evaluate.

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St. Johns County commissioners voted unanimously to approve a request for up to $3 million to handle these security issues.

Nevertheless, the pier’s reopening does include a caveat: The ultimate 100 ft stay closed and fenced off, that means that the pier’s guests gained’t have the ability to stroll all the way in which to the top of the construction.

These final 100 ft are anticipated to be closed for the foreseeable future as restoration work continues.

Nonetheless, the county is again to promoting passes for many who want to entry the pier and, for the primary time in months, folks can head over there in the event that they want to fish, one thing St. Augustine Seashore Mayor Dylan Rumrell is happy about.

“We dwell within the stunning state of Florida the gorgeous metropolis of Saint Augustine Seashore and having folks come again to the pier and having the ability to fish is simply extra tourism, which is what we want proper now,” he mentioned.

Moreover, the county says all annual fishing and sightseeing passes bought earlier than the pier’s closure shall be prolonged seven months previous their unique expiration dates.