Pile-cutting process nearly done for Anna Maria pier rebuild

Construction equipment sits March 19 near the base of the Anna Maria City Pier, where Tampa Bay Marine is rebuilding the pier’s destroyed walkway. Mayor Mark Short wrote in a March 18 email to The Islander that the contractor had a few pilings left to cut down to size and had built about half of the bents connecting each pair of piles. Islander Photo: Robert Anderson

The base of the city pier remains fenced off March 19 as Tampa Bay Marine continues work rebuilding the pier’s walkway, which was destroyed by the 2024 storms. Islander Photo: Bonner Joy