The New Jersey Shore Protection, Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet, Brigantine Island project provides flood and coastal storm damage reduction along Brigantine Island, utilizing sand from an offshore borrow source. The project consists of berm and dune construction and periodic nourishment on a 6-year cycle along approximately 1.8 miles of coastline fronting the northern third of the city. Sand is dredged from sand borrow sources, pumped through pipeline onto the beach and graded into a designed dune and berm profile designed to reduce the risk of storm damages to infrastructure.
The project was authorized by Congress in 1999 and a cost-sharing agreement was signed with the State of New Jersey in 2004. It was initially constructed in 2006 and has been periodically nourished and repaired in subsequent years. Construction is cost-shared (65% federal and 35% non-federal). The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is the non-federal sponsor for the project.
The project includes the initial construction and periodic nourishment of a dune built to elevation +10 feet (North American Vertical Datum of 1988) fronted by a 100-foot berm along the northern 1.8 miles of the City of Brigantine. Periodic nourishment is conducted on a 6-year cycle pending available funding.