Beach replenishment projects underway at various Jersey Shore communities expected to last into the summer
If you don’t want to wake up from your hotel or rental balcony seeing and hearing the pumping machines and heavy equipment, plan accordingly.
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If you’re planning a week at the beach in northern Ocean County in late spring or early summer this year, it may be interrupted by the ongoing replenishment project.
If you don’t want to wake up from your hotel or rental balcony seeing and hearing the pumping machines and heavy equipment, plan accordingly.
One town that is welcoming the mid-summer disruption is Mantoloking, according to Mayor Lance White. The mayor volunteered to be the last beach serviced by the Army Corps due to the lack of businesses, boardwalks and overall impact.
“The Army Corps was struggling to find towns to allow them to come in the summertime on the beach,” said White.
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Further south, in troublesome Ortley Beach, work is partially completed. The cliffs have been replaced by yards of newly pumped sand.
Mel Rodriguez makes the 15-minute walk to Bay Head’s beaches just about every day.
“I don’t think it’s going to be a major disturbance or so, but if it is I will just go up a little bit,” he said.
Bay Head Mayor Bill Curtis says that as long as the heavy equipment leaves these beaches by the end of June, they should have a normal Fourth of July holiday and the rest of the summer.
Here is the latest schedule according to the Army Corps of Engineers. The biggest change will see Bay Head and Point Pleasant Beach begin work in late April and potentially last until June.
Borough of Seaside Heights - 219,000 cubic yards of sand - dredging/beach fill operations have been completed.
Borough of Seaside Park - 22,000 cubic yards of sand - dredging/beach fill operations have been completed.
Toms River Township (South) - 426,000 cubic yards of sand - work is estimated to take place in March/April 2025 timeframe.
Lavallette - 184,000 cubic yards of sand - work is estimated to take place in March/April 2025 timeframe.
Borough of Bay Head and Borough of Point Pleasant Beach - 495,000 cubic yards of sand - work is estimated to take place in spring 2025.
Brick Township - 227,000 cubic yards of sand - work is estimated to take place in summer 2025 (estimated 18-20 days of construction).
Toms River Township (North) - 135,000 cubic yards of sand - work is estimated to take place in summer 2025 (estimated 10-15 days of construction).
Mantoloking - 392,000 cubic yards of sand work is estimated to take place in summer 2025
