A 33.7 million contract has been awarded to replenish dunes at multiple points between Ocean City and Sea Isle City. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois, will perform the work.
The contract calls for the company to dredge more than 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas. One site is off Corsons Inlet, and the other is about three miles off Sea Isle. The sand will be spread over 257,000 cubic yards in Ocean City from 45th to 59th streets, 456,000 cubic yards in the Strathmere section of Upper Township from Corsons Inlet to Jasper Road, and 640,000 cubic yards in Sea Isle City from 29th to 53rd streets and 73rd Street to Townsends Inlet.