Not everyone happy about new San Marco fishing pier

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – San Marco’s Riverfront Park is getting a sportfishing pier and operation is already underway.

But not everyone is blessed astir it.

Some residents are excited astir the pier portion others person concerns astir however it mightiness impact the neighborhood.

“I’m truly acrophobic astir postulation being a nightmare,” said neighbour Marigrace Doran.

The pier volition beryllium t-shaped, jutting retired 40 feet from the bulkhead with a parallel level measuring 12 feet wide and 40 feet long.

The metropolis says the full outgo is conscionable implicit $467,000 with a assistance from the Florida Inland Navigation District supplying immoderate of the funds.

Doran, who lives crossed from wherever the crane is now, said she was amazed erstwhile she got a missive astir 2 weeks agone advising operation would soon begin.

“I’m truly disappointed with the metropolis that they’ve moved guardant with this without providing much assemblage input,” Doran said.

The metropolis said determination were aggregate nationalist meetings astir the task citing 2 meetings that happened successful 2019. The metropolis said the authorization to money operation happened earlier this year.

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Now, operation is underway bringing a pier to the parkland and perchance much people.

The task is expected to beryllium completed successful the outpouring of 2022.

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