Southport Pier is one of Britain's longest-standing pleasure piers, but has been closed since 2022
A major new update on the opening of Southport Pier has been announced, sparking hope that the town's most iconic attraction could soon be back in use.
Sefton Council previously commissioned exploratory works to determine the scale of the problems at the pier and subsequently published images which showed the "significant" disrepair and erosion to the pier’s structure. A significant update was released by the local authority this week as they confirmed their overall planning team dedicated to open up Southport Pier.
The formalising of the relationship between the two parties means A E Yates join Southport based RAL Architects Gardiner & Theobold, structural engineers Fairhurst, Steve A Hunt & Associates and Pegasus Planning as part of the expert project team tasked with bringing Southport Pier back to life. Sefton's local authority believe this latest partnership agreement puts them in the perfect place to deliver the refurbishment project - the only caveat being there is still no funding in place to begin the work.
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