Daily News | Nearly $30M beach project is planned for Avalon and Stone Harbor
that it will begin a $28.8 million beach replenishment project over the winter for Avalon and Stone Harbor to protect the Shore towns from future storms.The work will be carried out by the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. of Oak Brook, Ill., for “periodic nourishment.” The company plans to dredge sand from Townsends Inlet, then pump it through pipes to the beaches. The sand will be graded into dunes and berms to reduce damage from storms.
The Army Corps, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection , Avalon, and Stone Harbor are partners in the project. A representative for the Army Corps could not be reached immediately for comment as to how much each partner is contributing. For example, Avalon was ranked as the most expensive zip code in South Jersey in 2021 and one of the top 100 most expensive zip codes in the U.S., according to a recent Inquirer story. It’s average home values surpasses $3.4 million. And the average sales price of single-family homes in 2022 year-to-date is over $4 million.
The project is part of the larger Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. That project includes work on the Townsends Inlet seawall in Avalon and the Hereford Inlet seawall in North Wildwood.
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