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Page 1: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

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Page 2: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Getting It Done������� �� ������� �� �� � ��������� ���������

The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel.  The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and restoring wetlands has leveraged available funding from multiple government and private programs.  Regulatory oversight and support includes seven separate agencies of State and Federal government.

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Page 3: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Dredge Projects Completed to Date Haul Road Construction ‐ 2016

Dredging 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 (contracted)

230,000+ CY Dredged 

40,000+ CY Contracted to be Dredged

275 Residential Properties Dredged

CDF Emptying 2016 and 2019

Beneficially Re‐Used in excess of 285,000 CY

Shooting Island Phase I Restoration 2018‐19

$8.2M Grant Funding Obtained

All City Channels will provide access at‐4’ MLW by end of 2019 Dredge Season with some areas at ‐6’ MLW

Ocean City’s Dredge Program results in the past three years are substantial leading the State in innovation and productivity.

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Page 4: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

2019‐2020 Dredging Program

Northern Mechanical Dredging 

• Waterfront Park & Marina (2nd Street)

• North Point Lagoon• Bayside Center

Central Mechanical Program

• 7th Street End• Snug Harbor ‐ Entrance• Glen Cove ‐ Entrance• Sunny Harbor ‐ Entrance• South Harbor ‐ Entrance and 

Midway Harbor (North)• Bluefish Lagoon

INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY TO BE DREDGED BY USACE WINTER 2019‐2020

Ocean City will be completing two mechanical dredging programs in the fall/winter of 2019‐2020.  Both contracts were awarded to Charter Contracting which is based in Boston, MA.  Equipment has been mobilized to the City and dredging is anticipated to begin around the end of October.   In addition, the USACE is planning to dredge the shallow areas of Intracoastal Waterway behind Ocean City this winter.    

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Page 5: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Shooting Island Edge Restoration 

The shorelines of Ocean City’s back bay islands have been eroding.  In March of 2019, Ocean City restored the shoreline of Shooting Island to the 1978 footprint.  This phase of the restoration was funded by a $2.2M grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and is the first phased of the overall restoration project. 

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Page 6: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Shooting Island Edge Restoration 

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Page 7: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Protecting Shooting Island Through the Enhancement of Shellfish Habitat 

As a part of the Shooting Island restoration, Ocean City recently received a grant from the New Jersey Corporate Wetland Restoration Partnership to support the colonization of shellfish along the restored edges and marsh surfaces.  This program partners with the Ocean City High School and the educational programs run by the City and High School to increase coastal wetland education and awareness as well as support natural strengthening of the island ecosystem. 

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Page 8: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Bayside Center Upweller

Bayside Center 520 Bay AvenueOcean City, NJ 

08226

The reef project:• Builds upon an ongoing wetland 

restoration project • Offers additional educational 

opportunity through community participation, local school curriculum, marine science camps and educational signage

Activities & education facility operated by Ocean City  and used extensively by the school district, marine science camps and community groups.

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Page 9: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Ocean City High SchoolOffer  volunteer opportunities

Teach visitors, campers, students through educational signage

Provide opportunities for school district to use the upweller as an “outdoor classroom”

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Page 10: Getting It Done...Getting It Done The Dredge Program Involves multiple team members with strong support of City personnel. The City’s commitment to the maintaining waterways and

Utilizing local volunteers, community groups, marine science camps and Ocean City School District  

• Reef area dimensions and height• Erosion / edge stability • Coverage, inventory and species diversity• Practical applications

Monitoring

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More Information Available 

[email protected]

http://www.ocnj.us/capital‐projects‐bay/

Project Boards/Staff in Lobby for Individual Property Questions

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