City To Consider Closing Popular Fishing Pier For Repairs
MARTINEZ (BCN)
Marvin Aguilar has a favorite place to relax — it’s near home and on the Carquinez Strait.
“It’s the main thing I do for my enjoyment, and after work, you just need to relax,” said Aguilar, of Martinez, as he took a silver lure out of his tackle box Tuesday morning and prepared to use it for casting for striped bass. He said he’s been coming to the Martinez fishing pier once or twice a week for 35 years.
But Aguilar and other people who come to the wooden pier to fish, take walks and sit and gaze across the Strait toward Benicia may soon have to find a new place to commune with the water, as the city is considering closing the pier to the public after a study found the structure needs significant maintenance work.
And that’s only above the water line — a dive team