Army Corps of Engineers

It's about a month later than planned, but Ortley Beach, the section of Ocean County oceanfront that took the worst beating during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 is finally poised for interim dune and berm reconstruction.

Southern Long Beach Island reportedly will have to go another winter without a federal beach replenishment project that was scheduled to begin next month.

As Ortley Beach homeowners gear up to rally Saturday against the stalled beach replenishment project, there's encouraging news from Toms River officials.

While busloads of Toms River homeowners bused to the Statehouse in Trenton to vent their frustration over the stalled post-Sandy beach restoration project, township elected officials disclosed the results of new discussions with the Army Corps of Engineers and state environmental regulators.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed beach replenishment project on the Northern Barrier Peninsula ( aka.. Barnegat Peninsula) is once again thrown into limbo following this week's ruling about Long Beach Island property. The ruling compels towns to go through an eminent domain process and not use the Disaster Control Act to acquire land...

Toms River is being forced to spend $500,000 to replenish protective sand dunes that washed away during the January 26 Nor’easter as a temporary fix while the federal Army Corps of Engineers Project remains stalled due to easement holdouts, according to Township Engineer Robert Chankalian. The dunes that were swept out to sea cost $400,000 to build.

We should soon learn if the U.S. Coast Guard will be setting up a "safety zone" in the heavily traveled Barnegat Inlet that would restrict some recreational activities and boat traffic ahead of the summer tourism season.

Assemblyman John McKeon (D-27) cites an information gap as his reason for being one of roughly 50 Brick Township property owners standing in the way of an Army Corps project for an 11-mile continuous protective dune.

The remaining Toms River beachfront homeowners refusing to sign access easements tied to the Army Corps dune project land in the crosshairs of township officials.

Placing sand and gravel-filled Geotextile fabric tubes along Mantoloking's ocean front is estimated to cost anywhere from $6 to $8 million dollars, which Mantoloking officials believe is a necessary expense for protection.