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‘We need to save this pier’: Leaders push for federal, state aid after Pacifica Pier damage
Severe damage to the Pacifica Pier will require federal aid and a state-level emergency declaration, lawmakers said Monday. Major cracks where the concrete structure meets the land emerged earlier this month, prompting the immediate closure of the 1973-era walkway and demolition of the popular Chit Chat Cafe. “We’re here to say we need to save […] The post ‘We need to save this pier’: Leaders push for federal, state aid after Pacifica Pier damage appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, ‘We need to save this pier’: Leaders push for federal, state aid after Pacifica Pier damage, Severe damage to the Pacifica Pier will require federal aid and a state-level emergency declaration, lawmakers said Monday. Major cracks where the concrete structure meets the land emerged earlier this month, prompting the immediate closure of the 1973-era walkway and demolition of the popular Chit Chat Cafe. “We’re here to say we need to save […] The post ‘We need to save this pier’: Leaders push for federal, state aid after Pacifica Pier damage appeared first on Local News Matters .
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