Strong seas delaying return of Gulf State Park Pier until May - al.com

Strong seas delaying return of Gulf State Park Pier until May - al.com: "Unfavorable sea conditions and high winds throughout winter have pushed back the expected completion of the Gulf State Park Pier to at least the first of May, a park official said Tuesday.

The state parks department issued a press release in December stating that the 1,520-foot, $17 million pier at Gulf Shores would be finished as planned in March. But Trey Myers, assistant superintendent at the park, said the contractor, LCI Inc. of Memphis, Tenn., has not been able to work as many days as anticipated.

'They've only been able to get their crane barge out there to work three or four times in the past month-and-a-half,' he said."