Check OCNJ Daily for updates and photos of the Ocean City beach replenishment project for 2015 in the south end between 37th and 59th Streets.
DATE: Friday, Sept. 11
PROGRESS: As of Friday at 4 p.m., the rebuilt beach at 57th Street is open — with the trailing edge of the project now just to the south of the 57th Street entrance. The advancing edge of the project area is at the 59th Street jetty, which likely will be buried by Saturday. The beach entrance at 58th Street remains closed. Excavators are shaping the front edge of the dunes essentially to double their width in the area between 57th and 59th Streets.
Beaches between 37th Street and 57th Street are now complete. About 1.3 million cubic yards of the project of about 1.5 million cubic yards have now been placed.
WHAT’S NEXT: Work will continue in the area between 58th Street and 59th Street in the final phase of the project. Ocean City Business Administrator Jim Mallon reported to City Council on Thursday that sand-pumping operations are expected to be complete by Sept. 21. The contractor will take another five to seven days to remove pipeline and clean up. Dune crossover work is currently taking place between 55th Street and 57th Street. The planting of dune grass is scheduled for November.
READ MORE: Ocean City NJ Beach Replenishment 2015 Daily Update
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