There’s no doubt that works needs to be done on the King’s Landing wharf but what will the cost be and what should it be.

This is what some councillors were feeling following a presentation to a council committee by the company hired by the city to do an environmental assessment on the project.

David Bonsall of D.M. Wills Associates says the preferred choice is to do a three phase pier development which would cost 13.5 Million Dollars.

Phase one would be repairing the dock at a cost of 6 Million.

He says doing nothing allows for continuous deterioration of the wharf and over time would increase liability to the municipality in terms of public safety.

Community Services Committee chair Mark King agrees with him but only to a certain point. He says the question is whether the city approves a plan to move the Chief Commanda Two docking point which would be a lot more expensive that simply repairing what’s there now.

King says in addition to the cost concerns there’s also environmental issues with a fish spawning area possibly having to be moved if council went ahead with the entire pier development as proposed under the preferred option.