KEANSBURG AND BRIGANTINE NEW JERSEY

The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced September 24 the awarding of contracts for dredging in the Waackaack Creek and Thorns Creek Channels in Keansburg Monmouth County and St. Georges Thorofare in Brigantine Atlantic County.

The $1.2 million state-funded Waackaack and Thorns Creeks Channels navigation maintenance project in Keansburg will remove about 31500 cubic yards of material. NJDOT’s contractor Tri-State Dredging Inc. is expected to begin work this summer on an adjacent Confined Disposal Facility with dredging anticipated to start shortly thereafter.

The $603000 state-funded St. Georges Thorofare project in Brigantine will remove approximately 40500 cubic yards of sediment which will be used for beach replenishment. NJDOT’s contractor Mobile Dredging & Pumping Company began work after Labor Day.

In March 2014 NJDOT announced the start of a multi-year multi-million dollar State Channel Dredging Program that is designed to return New Jersey’s waterways many of which were damaged by Superstorm Sandy to a state of good repair.