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New Ocean City Landmark Courld Be Coming Soon

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The Ocean City landscape could get a new landmark:

A giant blue and green beach ball structure with a splash pattern that will sit atop a tall water tower near the Route 50 bridge.

Public Works Director Hal Adkins told WBOC that the tower will be located on First Street and St. Louis Avenue.

And it is expected to be completed by September of next year.

Currently, there are a total of six elevated towers in the resort two of which are scheduled to be taken down after the new tower is completed.

Adkins said that it costs a half a million to repaint each tower every seven to eight years because of the corrosion from being along the coast line.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.