South Jersey Beach Replenishment Projects

planned

Federal funding of $99 million has been allocated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for beach replenishment projects in several shore communities in South Jersey, including Ocean City, Strathmere, Sea Isle City, Avalon, and Stone Harbor. This funding aims to provide stronger protection and stability for shoreline communities and is the largest investment in New Jersey beach projects in a year without a hurricane, and the biggest since Superstorm Sandy. Additional dredging funding of over $5 million is also planned for projects on the Salem River, Maurice River, Cold Spring Inlet, and the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, along with continued work to deepen the Salem and Maurice rivers. Support has been secured to move forward with a redesign of the Wildwoods project. Further funding of $70 million is being sought for beach projects in Long Beach Island and Atlantic City, as well as for erosion mitigation structures and an extension of the seawall in North Brigantine.