Pier Repairs Planned

SOUTHEND Pier will benefit from £5million worth of repair works in what the council are calling their “continuous investment” in the City’s iconic structure.

Southend Council are set to draft in specialist contractors to carry out essential structural repairs to the world’s longest pleasure pier by installing anti-corrosion protection to the Prince George extension, which was opened by the eponymous Royal in 1929.

The pier is constructed of structural ironwork, but the extension used reinforced concrete columns and beams with an upper and lower deck.

The two-year programme of work, due to start in July and end in June 2026, will involve breaking out all loose and damaged concrete to expose corroded reinforcement, and the replacement of the corroded reinforcement and the repair of the concrete.

Tony Cox, Tory leader of the council, reportedly said: “The work is important to the pier and it shows the continuous investment in what we see as one of the jewels in Southend’s crown.

“We constantly have to do maintenance on the pier all year, every year. You do one bit then then you have to go to the next bit and the next. It’s an ongoing programme.”

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