As part of their recent redevelopment of the Staten Island Ferry Terminals, New York City Economic Development Corporation recently decided that Staten Island’s 60+-year-old Saint George Fishing Pier required below deck timber pile rehabilitation/encasement due to years of extreme erosion.
The refurbishment and stabilization of the 845-ft-long pier is part of a larger renaissance of St. George’s wharf, pier, and bulkhead properties as well as a waterfront management and rehabilitation program developed by NYCEDC in direct response to the return of marine borers to New York Harbor and their devastating effect on many New York City waterfront structures that are supported by fast deteriorating timber piles.