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Beach Replenishment Update: South End Project on Schedule

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Beach replenishment at the north end of Ocean City in spring 2013.

A $57.6 million project to rebuild eroded beaches and dunes at the southern end of Ocean City remains on schedule to begin in early May.

Mike Dattilo, assistant to Mayor Jay Gillian, reported to City Council on Thursday (March 12) that he attended the first weekly job meeting with the federal Army Corps of Engineers last week.

Dattilo said Ocean City can expect to see the first survey work within a few weeks, and equipment should begin to arrive in April.

He said the Army Corps would like to update City Council on the project at the public council meeting scheduled for April 9.

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The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company is scheduled to start pumping new sand onto Ocean City beaches as early as May 1. The company was awarded a $57.6 million contract to pump sand from an offshore borrow area to replenish beaches between 34th and 59th streets in Ocean City and across the length of Strathmere and Sea Isle City, where a second dredge will begin pumping about a month earlier.

A first pipeline will land on the beach in the area of 41st Street in Ocean City, and work will proceed northward from there to 36th Street. When that is complete, work will progress southward from 41st Street to 49th Street.

A second pipeline will then be directed to the beach at 55th Street, and work will move from there to 49th Street. Work will end with a southward push from 55th Street to  59th Street. (Corson’s Inlet State Park will not be part of the project.)

About 1,000 feet of beach of beach will be closed at any given time — with work proceeding at an estimated 200 feet per day.

The company hopes to finish pumping by Aug. 12 and to complete dune construction by Aug. 20. Dune grass will be planted in November.

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