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# Gangway dock considered at pier
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/gangway-dock-considered-at-pier/
- Published: 2005-06-25T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:17:36.000Z
- Author: Carolyn Sackariason
- Tags: Sports, Pier, #archive-import

*Breakwater plans docked, but a new plank could still serve boating activity*

SM PIER — The tide appears to be shifting on a plan to bring sport fishing and boating back to Santa Monica.

A decades-old plan to restore the breakwater just north of the Santa Monica Pier to accommodate commercial boating and a harbor has been docked to make way for an easier and less expensive gangway that may achieve the same goal.

A gangway could be substantially less expensive than the estimated $13 million to rebuild the breakwater. In July, pier officials plan to review an economic feasibility study that could result in a potential leasing agreement that would allow operations such as sport fishing, whale watching, water taxis and environmental tours to operate off of the Santa Monica Pier. A recommendation could be presented to the City Council as early as August.

“We’ve sat on this idea for a long time,” said Ben Franz- Knight, executive director of the Santa Monica Pier Restoration

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officials are considering whether the breakwater north of the pier (arrow above) should be rebuilt. (Photo: Photo courtesy City)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 25, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)