Illinois Company Submits Low Bid for Ocean City Southend Beach Replenishment

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Oak Brook, Illinois, was the low-bidder in the beach replenishment project on the south end of Ocean City, the Ocean City Gazette reports.

The low bid, opened on Oct. 10, was about $58 million, according to the report.

The contract is expected to be awarded in early November.

The project was advertised Aug. 20, and work is expected to take up to 15 months.

The replenishment includes Ocean City, Strathmere and Sea Isle City, and is known as the New Jersey Shore Protection, Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet project.

The project is being overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and is designed to replenish beaches eroded by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

It will be covered by federal funding.

Ocean City officials announced earlier this year that the City has obtained all the necessary easements to begin work.

It also recently granted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with an easement over 14 streets and 16 alleys between 34th Street and Corson’s Inlet State Park.

It also gave the Corps of Engineers an easement over a vacated portion of Wesley Avenue that recently became the City’s possession.

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