OCEAN COUNTY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week awarded a $73.5 million contract for beach replenishment along the northern barrier island from the Manasquan Inlet to the Barnegat Inlet.
The contract, which would affect local beaches in Point Pleasant Beach, Bay Head, Mantoloking, Brick Township and Lavallette, was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company in Staten Island, New York, confirmed Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs Officer Steve Rochette.
Rochette told The Ocean Star, “Work is cost-shared 50 percent federal and 50 percent non-federal. Work is designed to reduce the risk of storm damages to infrastructure.”…