Posted on October 19, 2017
By Anthony Bellano, Patch
The public comment period concerning citywide bay dredging in Ocean City is now underway, city officials announced on Tuesday. If approved, the application would allow every property owner on the bayfront and lagoons to be covered under the city permit. The city applied for the permit in December.
“The applicant, the City of Ocean City, NJ, proposes dredging areas located along the back-bay shoreline area of the City of Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, within Beach Thorofare (and various connected basins, including artificial lagoons), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Peck Bay / Crook Horn Creek, and Middle Thorofare / Corson Inlet,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a public notice announcing the public comment period.
Comments on the proposed work should be submitted in writing within 30 days to the District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-3390.
Public comments are due by Nov. 15. More details are available in the “Public Notice and Plan Details”.
“Your support of the application is important to the approval of our permit application,” city officials said. “ … Your comments in support of the CENAP-OP-R-2010-311-24 is important to the Corps as they determine whether to issue or deny our application. Your comments do not have to be lengthy, just a few sentences in support and why it is important to Ocean City for the economy, property values, recreational opportunities, environmental impacts or whatever is important to you.”
Anyone with questions about the application or the process should call 609-918-0200 or email Eric Rosina (erosina@actengineers.com) or Carol Beske (clbeske@actengineers.com).
Source: Ocean City Patch
