A controversial beach replenishment and dune building project on Absecon Island will begin next month, officials announced.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last November awarded a $63.3 million contract to the Cranford, N.J. based Weeks Marine Inc. The work, a joint project by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps, involves building engineering beaches and dunes in Margate and Longport and replenishing beaches in Atlantic City and Ventnor.
“This project is vital to the protection of homes, businesses, lives and infrastructure in these Atlantic County communities,” NJDEP Commissioner Bob Martin said in a release.
Crews are set to begin in mid-April and finish by next October, when 3.8 million cubic yards of new sand will be throughout the engineered dune and beach system.