The NJ DEP recently published the following press release regarding the steel revetment that is being installed in Mantoloking:
Infrastructure Protection Project, Designed to Help Safeguard Route 35 andLocal Communities, to be Completed in the Fall
A Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) project to install four milesof steel sheet piling into the beaches of Mantoloking and Brick to protectRoute 35 and nearby homes and businesses from future severe storms begantoday, Commissioner Bob Martin announced in Mantoloking.
The steel sheeting project will complement an impending engineered beach anddune system planned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to bolster stormprotections for nine coastal towns on the northern Ocean County peninsula.
Installation of the first steel sheet started today at Herbert Street inMantoloking, near the foot of the Mantoloking Bridge, and will continuethroughout Mantoloking and coastal Brick Township throughout the summer.
“This project will help protect a segment of coastline that was breachedduring Superstorm Sandy, especially offering protection to Route 35 andresidents and businesses that were battered by Sandy,” said CommissionerMartin. “Coupled with the forthcoming coastal protection project by U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, this particularly vulnerable section of the JerseyShore will be more resilient for future severe weather events.”
“It is important to get this project started now and completed as quickly aspossible,” added Commissioner Martin.
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