Posted on October 19, 2017
By Lauren Carroll, pressofatlanticcity
Channels in Cape May County will be part of a $1.6 million dredging project to repair damage from Winter Storm Jonas, state Department of Transportation officials announced Monday.
Beach Creek Channel in Hereford Inlet and Spicers Creek Channel in Cape May Harbor will have sand and silt deposits hydraulically dredged and pumped through submerged pipelines.
According to a press release, the channels were restored to navigable depths after Hurricane Sandy but were severely re-shoaled in January 2016 during Jonas.
Work is expected to begin on Beach Creek Channel in North Wildwood starting in mid-October and continue through early November, and work in Spicers Creek Channel is expected to start in November and continue until the end of the year.
The DOT asked the public to stay away from dredging and trucking equipment. Mariners are advised that state aids to navigation will be removed from the channels during the projects and that they should be alert to project pipeline routes and crossings.
In March 2014, the DOT announced a comprehensive Channel Dredging and Emergency Response Program to ensure and maintain safe navigation statewide and to continue to be able to respond adequately to waterway impacts from named storms.
The DOT said the work schedule is subject to change due to weather and other factors.
Source: ShoreNewsToday
