CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: NJ-2
APPROPRIATION / PHASE: Construction, General
BUSINESS PROGRAM: Ecosystem Restoration
AUTHORITY: Title I, Section 101 (a) (14) of WRDA 1999.
LOCATION: The project area is located within Middle and Lower Townships, Cape May County along the Delaware Bay Coastline in New Jersey.
DESCRIPTION: The plan for the purpose of ecosystem restoration at Villas and vicinity is an 80-foot wide berm over a project length of 29,000 feet. The plan entails a one-time placement of sand for horseshoe crab and shorebird habitat. The estimated initial project cost is presented below.
PROJECT GOALS: The purpose of this project provides ecosystem restoration at Villas and the Vicinity, with a one-time placement of sand for horse-shoe crab and shorebird habitat.
STATUS: This project has not received funding since Fiscal Year 2006. The initiation of initial construction is dependent on the establishment of an adequate funding stream.
SPONSOR: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection