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Wednesday Beach Update: Project Approaches 59th Street

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The leading edge of the south end beach replenishment project area is now at the site of the former 59th Street Pier. 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: Wednesday, Sept. 9 A new line of dunes buries the walkway at 58th Street. Dune crossover work will follow sand-pumping operations. A new line of dunes buries the walkway at 58th Street. Dune crossover work will follow sand-pumping operations. PROGRESS: As of Wednesday at 5 p.m., sand-pumping operations are between 58th and 59th streets. The last remnants of the 59th Street Pier were removed earlier this summer, and it appears the rebuilt beach will bury the jetty to its south. 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. 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 could be complete within a 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 FOR DAILY UPDATES by E-MAIL: Sign up for free