The heavily damaged fishing pier at Sunset Point, defunct since Hurricane Ida in 2021, will be replaced with a higher and partially armored structure using mostly FEMA money, Mandeville city officials said recently.

The city council approved the long-awaited project during its Nov. 20 meeting and said they hope to see construction begin next year on the popular pier just east of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.

In October, the City Council approved executing a 60-day, $170,000 contract to demolish the badly damaged public fishing pier, remove all the rubble and cap onshore buried utilities.

Meanwhile, the city continued to wait for final approval of its request to participate in the federal Hazardous Mitigation Program, which allows local governments to apply for grants to rebuild storm

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