The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE or Army Corps) completed an emergency beach replenishment at Ortley Beach (Toms River) over the past three weeks. They will return in the fall to complete the job with the building of a dune which will be part of the 13 mile long dune that will...
Read more →The long-awaited US Army Corp of Engineers beach replenishment project from Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Bay is expected to begin within the next two months. The project, once fully completed, will cover 14 miles of coastline along the Barnegat Peninsula in the communities of Point Pleasant Beach, Bay Head, Mantoloking, Brick Township, Toms River...
Read more →Washington D.C.- Today Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) applauded the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for denying six pending geophysical and geological (G&G) permit applications to conduct airgun seismic surveys in the Mid- and South Atlantic Planning Areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Congressman Pallone has long been a leader in the effort to stop...
Read more →Before the Congress recessed for the year, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed S.612, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act” or the “WIIN Act” (also known as the Water Resource Development Act ), which includes many provisions to help protect, restore, and increase the resilience of U.S. coastlines. The President signed the...
Read more →An article titled “Back Bay Flood-Defense Plan Will Take Time, Federal Official Says” was recently published on NJ Spotlight. An excerpt of the article can be found below, and the full article can be found here. “A U.S. official told residents of New Jersey’s back bay communities on Thursday that it will be three...
Read more →The completion of a 600 foot-long concrete culvert on Wreck Pond, Spring Lake will ease flooding and beach closures in towns adjacent to the Pond. Residents have for years been subject to flooding and the bacteria–ridden water seeping from the Pond. The culvert will act as an inlet that can be managed by the...
Read more →The Jersey Shore Partnership co-chaired the National Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) recent conference in Long Branch with Stevens Institute of Technology and Mott MacDonald. Congressman Frank Pallone was keynote speaker. More than 350 participants focused on innovative ideas and solutions to building more sustainable coastlines. The Co-Chairs presented an award to Lynn Bocamazo,...
Read more →Senate Bill S311 sponsored by Senator Joe Kyrillos and Assembly Bill A2954 sponsored by Senator Jeff Van Drew would increase the Shore Protection Fund from $25 million to $50 million, the amount that is credited each year to the Shore Protection Fund from realty transfer fees. The Jersey Shore Partnership initiated the legislation and...
Read more →Margot Walsh of the Jersey Shore Partnership recently had the opportunity to witness the dredging for beach replenishment first hand. “On Monday, I went out on a Great Lakes Dredging Company dredger off LBI to learn how sand actually gets to our beaches. It is a very interesting science and, I must say, requires...
Read more →There was hopeful news coming out of Congress for shore protection funding. The Senate Energy and Water appropriations bill called for $50 million for Shore Protection (Construction) funding in the 2017 budget, $10 million more than 2016. It was projected that the bill would sail through the full Senate with bi-partisan support. It was...
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