ADA Fishing PIer

Pullen Pier

During the spring of 2022, the Port of Bandon completed construction of an ADA fishing pier along the western side of the Bandon marina riverwalk/breakwater.   PND engineering designed the project, which was built by Billeter Marine out of Coos Bay.  The public fishing pier is located adjacent to the boardwalk and  is designed to provide people of all ages and abilities a safe place to catch marine fish from the shore.  

The pier is designed and built to provide people of all disabilities and ages a safe place to catch marine fish from the shore.  With limited availability of shore accessible fishing along the Coquille River, this new fishing pier is a welcome and important addition for anglers.

The pier’s concept has been years in the making with bank angling access near Bandon being an action item in the Port’s Strategic Plan as well as ODFW’s 25-Year Angling Enhancement Plan. The concept now produced a pier built to ADA standards for ramp slopes, railings, kick plates, walking and rolling surfaces, and more.

Project cost was just over $565,000. ODFW’s Restoration and Enhancement Program provided $245,000.  Other project funders included the Wild Rivers Coast Alliance, an Oregon State Parks local government grant, the Ford Family Foundation, the Port, and the City of Bandon.

The Port of Bandon developed the project by contracting out the design, writing permits and grants in-house, overseeing the construction contract, completing railing construction, and performing ongoing maintenance. 

 

Workers are using a crane to position a large concrete slab near water, surrounded by rocks and construction equipment.
Over water construction
Construction workers are on a barge, using machinery near a rocky shoreline, likely working on a marine project.
Barge assist at high tide
Workers are constructing a metal dock by the water, with a wooden path beside it and rocky shoreline. It's cloudy.
Port staff building the railing
A wooden walkway extends over water, with a boat in the distance and a seagull flying above under a blue sky with clouds.
Open invite
A group of people, including children, walking on a pier by the water on a sunny day, with fishing gear visible.
Fish on!
Workers are using a crane to position a large concrete slab near water, surrounded by rocks and construction equipment.
Construction workers are on a barge, using machinery near a rocky shoreline, likely working on a marine project.
Workers are constructing a metal dock by the water, with a wooden path beside it and rocky shoreline. It's cloudy.
A wooden walkway extends over water, with a boat in the distance and a seagull flying above under a blue sky with clouds.
A group of people, including children, walking on a pier by the water on a sunny day, with fishing gear visible.