Workers from AE Yates have been busy at work on Southport Pier today!
With 300,000 international visitors in town this week to enjoy The 154th Open Golf Championship, contractors nearby are carrying out the £20 million restoration of Southport’s most famous landmark.
They have been working on the shelter near Ocean Plaza retail park today, as well as working on lighting, and more.
The work is being led by AE Yates who have been commissioned by Sefton Council to carry out the project and reopen the landmark attraction, which has been closed since December 2022.
The full restoration of the pier is expected to take between 14 to 16 months to complete, with hopes that visitors will be able to once again walk along it next year.
Earlier this year, The Growth Mission Fund panel gave its full approval to the business case submitted by Sefton Council for the full repair of the cherished local landmark.
Opened in August 1860, Southport Pier is the oldest iron pier in the country. Its length of 1,108 m (3,635 ft) makes it the second-longest in Great Britain, after Southend Pier.
Southport Pier attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to Southport every year.
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