City: Boardwalk Groundbreaking Ceremony April 27

The City of Long Beach announced Monday a ceremony for the groundbreaking of the new boardwalk at Riverside Boulevard beach at 11 a.m. April 27. 

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The City Council on April 4 unanimously approved a $44.2 million contract with Grace Industries, a Plainview-based construction firm, to build the 2.2-mile walkway, which will consist of tropical ipe wood throughout and concrete edges at the middle sections, roughly between National and Long Beach boulevards. City Manager Jack Schnirman announced that the city and Grace Industries signed the contract on April 16, which marks the date from which the firm is to complete the project within 210 days. 

The contract stipulates that sections of the boardwalk, from National Boulevard west to Laurelton Boulevard and east to Long Beach Boulevard, are to be completed in about 100 days, said Peter Gerbasi, the vice president of Liro Group, the engineering firm that the city hired to oversee the project.

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