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Yacht Club pier rebuild gets first nod
It could take as long as three years but the Cape Coral Yacht Club may get a new, higher pier to replace the one destroyed by Hurricane Ian. Cape Coral City Council on Wednesday agreed that removing the existing piles to allow the new pier to raised was the best option. Meanwhile, Council also discussed the possibility of a temporary, shorter, pier for the community. The consensus was reached following a presentation by Capital Improvements interim Director David Hyyti. Hyyti said Kimley Horne did a visual and underwater inspection of the pier pilings and came back to the city with a report. From that report, a more in-depth investigation was done to explore the conditions of the jackets on the pilings and different recommendations on how to proceed. One of those options — go back and take the existing piles that were damaged, as well as the ones deconstructed, and put new ...
