Unocal Pier Still Under Construction
Unocal Pier
Plank by plank, piling by piling, crews are working to extract the former Unocal Pier, which will continue for a few more weeks to jut dramatically into Puget Sound from the city’s Marina Beach Park. The park it self has been impacted due to the dismantling of the pier and some of the Marina Park beach area has been closed because of the construction. But by March, the one-time oil dock will be completely gone. Underwater divers aren’t happy with the dock and pier dissappearing the loss of the underwater sea life and will hate to see that go. The $2 million project is necessary, said Joy Goldenburg, with Washington State Ferries. The agency is paying for the work as part of early environmental mitigation for future improvements to Edmonds’ ferry terminal.
Marina Park Beach
January 16th, 2009 at 8:56 am
It is a shame that they have to remove the pilings. I wonder if someone will put forth a plan to create some other sort of artificial reef structure out there to attract new sea life and create a new dive attraction.
Seems like it would be a great opportunity to create some new business for the area.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:03 am
I hope I can actually get a chance to try these.