$21.5 Million To Beach Replenishment In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — A $21.5 million contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District for beach replenishment in Ocean City.

The contract was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, IL on Oct. 3 for the "periodic nourishment" of the Great Egg Harbor and Peck Beach project, the Army Corps said in a release.

The contract calls for dredging 1.2 million cubic yards of sand from a sand borrow site offshore of Great Egg Harbor Inlet, according to the Army Corps. The sand will then be pumped through pipeline onto the beach, where it will be graded into an elevated strip.

This will take place from 14th Street to the Seaview Road area, the Army Corps said.

A Notice to Proceed will be issued in October and work is estimated to begin this November, the Army Corps said.

The project began in 1992 and has been periodically nourished in the years since. It is designed to reduce damages from coastal storms, such as what Ocean City is currently going through with the remnants of Hurricane Ian.