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Project Status and Updates

Following Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District has been working to restore existing Coastal Storm Risk Reduction projects in New Jersey and Delaware. Work has been ongoing through the winter and spring for several projects. This website will be updated through the summer months on the status of projects with closure information and maps.

New Jersey  

  • Long Beach Island
    • Harvey Cedars
      • Equipment landing site will be near Middlesex Avenue. Contractor will work north to 86th Street, progressing approximately 1 block a day. Work will then proceed south to Bergen Avenue. Pumping operations are expected to begin June 1st.
      • Closure Map (with approximate closure area as of June 1) 
    • Surf City
      • Work will not start until after Harvey Cedars is complete  
    • Brant Beach
      • Equipment landing site will be near 45th St. Contractor will work north to 31st Street, progressing approximately 1 block every two days. Work will then proceed south to Selfridge (57th Street). Pumping operations are expected to begin June 1st.
      • Closure Map (with approximate closure area as of June 1)
  • Absecon Island - work expected to begin in June
    • Atlantic City
    • Ventnor City
  • Brigantine - work ongoing; expected completion in June or July
  • Ocean City - work ongoing; expected completion in June 
  • Avalon & Stone Harbor - work completed at Avalon and ongoing at Stone Harbor; expected completion early summer
  • Cape May City - work to begin in September
  • Lower Cape May Meadows - periodic nourishment work completed  

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages missions in New Jersey north of Manasquan Inlet. Click here to visit their page regarding coastal storm risk reduction activities in their region

Delaware

  • Lewes - work to take place in September
  • Rehoboth & Dewey - schedule to be worked out after contract award
  • N. Shore of Indian River Inlet - work expected to begin in mid-July
  • Bethany & South Bethany - schedule to be worked out after contract award
  • Fenwick Island - schedule to be worked out after contract award

Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Background

The New Jersey Atlantic Ocean coastline extends from Sandy Hook to Cape May, New Jersey, covering a range of approximately 130 miles.  The New Jersey coastline from Manasquan Inlet south to Cape May Point lies within the boundaries of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District while from Manasquan Inlet north is under the jurisdiction of the USACE, New York District. Seven federally authorized beachfill projects have been constructed along the Philadelphia District’s New Jersey coastline. The Philadelphia District oversees the entire Delaware coastaline as well as the Delaware Bay. The District has constructed five coastal storm damage reduction projects in Delaware. These projects are designed and built to reduce storm damages to infrastructure from hurricanes and nor'easters.

Coastal Storm Risk Management

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and the NJDEP completed the first renourishment of the Absecon Island coastal storm damage reduction project in the summer of 2012. The project is designed to reduce storm damages to infrastructure.
Matt Tuttle, a survey technician from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District, uses GPS and survey equipment to measure impacts to beach nourishment projects along the NJ coast. Teams are collecting data to measure the impact of historic Hurricane Sandy.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is working with New Jersey to close the Mantoloking breach following historic Hurricane Sandy. The breach severely damaged homes and businesses in the New Jersey community.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District sent a team of engineers to assist the state of New Jersey in closing the breach at Mantoloking, NJ.
Survey Technician Angelica De-Hoyos Molina uses GPS to survey damages along the New Jersey shore following historic Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District has sent teams to inspect the coast lines of New Jersey and Delaware.
The Dredge Illinois, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock vessel, is working along the Delaware River as part of the project to deepen the river.
An aerial photograph captures contractors completing the Brant Beach storm damage reduction project in 2012. The beachfill work is designed to reduce storm damages to the community and infrastructure.
Sand and water are pumped through a basket during a Coastal Storm Damage Reduction project on the New Jersey shore. The project is designed to reduce damages to the community and infrastructure.
A mix of sand and water is pumped onto Brant Beach during the storm damage reduction project in 2012. The material is then bulldozed into a berm and dune system.

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