The 24 comments below this article are mostly negative, I am afraid the collapse has only strengthened the support for those against restoration, mainly because they see tax payers money being involved.
I think the pier trust had better get their PR hat on, and explain their plans.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/colwyn-bay-pier-must-dismantled-12649331A few comments bearing in mind I am biased
Why don't they compromise and instead of pulling the whole thing down, just take down the buildings and turn it into a boardwalk with seating areas on it, and rent spaces out for people to put up little stalls along it, it would be a shame to see it go, it may not be thousands of years old but it is still an important part of the Colwyn Bay history.
The skip came from european funds, and the pier restoration won't cost the taxpayer, however the Skip has lost over 1 million in debt, and with the pending court case and repairs could go up to 6 million, and the Venue Cymru loses 4 million a year , so why don't you round up all your supporters and close down all of these council assets draining Rate payers and stop Squawking yourself, oh, before i forgot the new council tax office in Colwyn Bay is going to cost the council 1 million a year.