Beach Replenishment

Stone Harbor's ongoing beach nourishment project continues with sand being pumped onto the beachfront.  Currently, beaches from 85th Street south to 92nd Street are closed due to the beach nourishment project.  It is anticipated that the sand pumping operation will conclude on Friday, June 17th, at the 82nd Street beach.  The removal of pipe from the Stone Harbor beachfront is expected to begin on June 17th, and last a few days.  Only the beach where they are removing the pipe from will be closed for safety reasons.  People will be able to go in the water.  It is anticipated that the contractor will be out of Stone Harbor completely by Friday, June 24^th.

During the next few weeks, ongoing work on crossovers, fencing an

Notes by Sandy Slabik
 
At a Press Conference this morning for the beach replenishment project, the engineer from the US Army Corps of Engineers said our beaches will be finished in approximately two weeks.  They are moving well and with good weather are doing two to three beaches a day, with only three beaches closed each day.

While the reporters were still there I asked Mayor Walters, on behalf of the ROA,  to explain how property owners can find out which beaches are being closed on any given day.  She said they can get that information on Channel 2, and Stone Harbor's emergency broadcast radio 1670am. They will try to update the Borough's web site with that information for those checking while out of the region for those two media outlets.  
 

Notes by Sandy Slabik

April 20,2011                                                                        

Borough officials have communicated that the project is behind schedule because of some problems with the dredge in Florida. It just arrived Tuesday, April 19^th. They will begin in Avalon on April 25^th. This is a month from when the Notice to proceed was issued. They will begin in Stone Harbor May 16^th and finish mid-June. They will work south to north on two blocks at a time. Once the two blocks are completed the public can use the beach again albeit with a pipe covered with sand. They work 24 hours a day. Stone Harbor is receiving a $5 million dollar beach replenishment for which the SH taxpayers are only paying $121,000. The contractor wants to get in and out as quickly as possible because that is how they make the most money.

STONE HARBOR - Borough officials are awaiting word on whether a dredge pumping sand along Cape May County beaches will reach Stone Harbor in the summer or the fall.

Stone Harbor and North Wildwood will be the last two municipalities to receive sand through a massive $22 million, four-municipality beach replenishment funded mostly by state dollars.

At a Borough Council meeting, state officials on Tuesday afternoon detailed plans for Stone Harbor's $2.5 million beach fill, of which the borough is paying about $637,000.

But officials said the project, which is proceeding south, does not necessarily have to hit Stone Harbor before North Wildwood.

Since the work requires temporary beach closings, it would be advantageous to Stone Harbor to have its relatively smaller and less time-consuming beach after North Wildwood's.

Work could take place in the fall instead of late August, when beaches are still stocked with vacationers.

The dredge in Stone Harbor will borrow 245,000 cubic yards of sand from Hereford Inlet and pump it on beaches between 98th Street and 111th Street, said Ben Keiser, manager of the state Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Coastal Engineering.