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Tuesday Update: Beach Project Reaches 58th Street

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Three pipelines are feeding sand to the rebuilt beach at 58th Street on Tuesday morning, Sept. 8.

 

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: Tuesday, Sept. 8

Excavating equipment is moving sand to double the width of an existing dune at 58th Street.
Excavating equipment is moving sand to double the width of an existing dune at 58th Street.

PROGRESS: As of Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., the pipeline is split in three to feed different parts of 58th Street Beach. The beach entrances at 57th Street and 58th streets are closed. The beach is open in the area between 59th Street and Corson’s Inlet State Park, and that beach is guarded by the Ocean City Beach Patrol on Tuesday. The beach is back open at 56th Street. 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 56th Street are now complete.

WHAT’S NEXT: Work will continue in the area between 58th Street and 59th Street in the final phase of the project. Sand-pumping is expected to be complete within the week. Dune crossover work will follow. And the planting of dune grass is scheduled for November.

READ MORE: Ocean City NJ Beach Replenishment 2015 Daily Update

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