Laguna Beach’s infamous Thousand Steps—the 218 stairs leading down to one of the city’s beaches below—will be undergoing “major construction” in order to fix a multitude of safety hazards. The project, which is done by Orange County Parks (OC Parks), will complete repairs of the steps and railings on the stairs. The site will be unavailable for use for the duration of the project, which is estimated to take two and a half months. “This project will perform major repairs on the stairway to provide a safe way to access Thousand Steps Beach,” OC Parks spokeswoman Marisa O’Neil told The Epoch Times. “The project will repair and fix all broken steps, chipped and deteriorated concrete, and replace damaged rebar. A total of 218 concrete steps and approximately 10 wood steps, posts, and railing will be repaired.” Park officials determined after a maintenance check that the repairs were needed swiftly, due …