Tuesday, October 27, 2015

ICYM - Pt Monmouth Flood Control Project Info Session Oct 29

Middletown Public Information

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), will be holding a public information session to provide a status update on the Port Monmouth Flood Control Project which will include briefing the current alignment, phases and features of the project with some visual aids. The Corps will also provide an update on the status of the upcoming construction contracts.

Details concerning the public information session are as follows:

Date: October 29, 2015
Time: 7-9 PM Location: VFW Post 2179 , 1 Veterans Ln
Port Monmouth, NJ 07758 , (732) 787-0999

The Port Monmouth Flood Control project involves the construction of about 7,070 feet of levees, 3,585 feet of floodwalls, 2,640 feet of dune, and beach renourishment at 10-year intervals along the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay in Port Monmouth Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Army Corps of Engineers will execute 5 construction contracts in order to complete this project. The entire project cost is an estimated $105M. The first contract involved building a new groin, pier extension, dune and beach berm system. It also included 2,640 feet of protective dunes with a wide flat beach berm in front of the dune and nourishment of the beach with roughly 400,000 cubic yards of sand. The project was completed in June 2015 and cost roughly $18M.

Detailed design work is ongoing for work to be accomplished in the 2nd phase of the Project which will include a system of levees, floodwall, closure gates, pump stations, road raising and other elements to reduce risks from coastal flooding. The Corps expects to begin awarding contracts for the 2nd phase in May 2016.

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