WAKULLA COUNTY, FL (WTXL) — Construction to replace Mashes Sands Pier is officially underway — nearly eight years after Hurricane Michael destroyed it in 2018. WATCH FULL REPORT BELOW:Construction to replace Mashes Sands Pier begins nearly 8 years after Hurricane Michael. The removal of the old pier and construction of the new pier will officially begin in the coming weeks. "They're going to install concrete piles and a concrete pier that will have flow-through decking, which will provide some mitigation when we have storm surge. So if we do have storm surge that brings trash or whatever, it will break free and not take the pier down with the storm surge," Metcalf said.