Thread: Fort Morgan Alabama Pier Closing Down

Well, we lose another fishing spot.

Fort Morgan Pier to shut down soon | FOX10 News - Mobile

Bummer, here is Chuck Sykes email he is the director of fisheries for Alabama. He is a good guy send him your thoughts on saving the pier!
dcnr.wffdirector@dcnr.alabama.gov

this sucks. been millions of flounder mullet and sheephead killed off that pier! awesome sunset too!

Seems as though AL is intent in having visiting fishermen and women take their business elsewhere . Fishing space is limited as it is along the coast and public access just keep shrinking .

I can't view the video. Can someone briefly tell me why they're are doing this? I was looking forward to fishing there this fall.......

Well there is a kick to the cowboys. I really liked going over there. Was super close to the house. Hopefully someone takes it over

That is terrible news. I've fished there many times.

1.9 million being spent at the fort for "preservation" and $1300 to barricade the pier. Real genius at work here. Hint to the powers that be. The only reason a lot of people vacation on the Alabama Gulf coast is to fish. Most of the access at Perdido is barricaded off and now this. Someone do the math.

If you read the article it is obvious that the drowning earlier in the year is the deciding factor. To make the pier "foolproof" would cost a lot of money, rails etc as on the GSP. Any design engineer/architect would be opening themselves up to huge lawsuits if they signed off on improvements without safety features, and then there are the Americans with Disabilities provisions to deal with.

Those are the hidden cost in every construction project today. Did you ever notice how wide the new bridges and overpasses are today, plus the anti-suicide guardrails that try to save the lives of people who want to end it all.

No offense to the families of the man that drowned but there is a famous quote that applies here: "The consequence of building a fool-proof world will be to fill the world with fools."

And I will add that it will be a very expensive world. Hey, but no problemo, all the goobermint has to do is print more money.

Hate to hear it....