REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — The Redondo Beach pier juts into Santa Monica Bay, at the southern end of a string of beach cities loosely connected by a bike path and teeming with visitors.

But Redondo doesn’t get the same bustling foot traffic or the destination status as neighboring Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach.

“When people come out here to visit, our citizens are bringing them somewhere else for dinner,” said Steve Aspel, the mayor of Redondo Beach.

To change that, the pier and the waterfront require critical infrastructure repairs with estimated costs running as high as $108 million.