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# Readers weigh in on Santa Monica Pier breakwater rebuild or gangway plan
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/070105-story/
- Published: 2005-07-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:21:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Pier, #archive-import

Pier officials are working on a plan to bring sport fishing and boating back to Santa Monica.

Currently they are considering two options: an estimated $13 million plan that would restore the breakwater just north of the Santa Monica Pier to accommodate commercial boating and a harbor, or a substantially less expensive gangway that might achieve the same goal. A recommendation could be presented to the City Council as early as August.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Which plan do you favor — the breakwater rebuild or the gangway? Why? Is there another option that should be considered?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 1, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)