POINT PLEASANT – The Point Pleasant Canal is slated to receive $3.2 million in repairs to improve the bulkheading, with restoration scheduled to begin this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District announced.
The 2-mile-long manmade channel is located within the boundaries of Point Pleasant Borough and became navigable in 1926. The waterway connects the Manasquan River and the Barnegat Bay.
Repairs were required due to portions of the steel bulkhead suffering from significant damage over the years. Construction focuses on the northern part of the canal where water then flows into the Manasquan River.
In June, the Army Corps awarded a contract to UH Services Group, LLC of Metairie, LA for $3.2 million to repair a portion of deteriorated steel bulkhead at the entrance of the canal near the eastern shoreline.
The project received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was passed back in 2021. After funding was approved, Point Pleasant Mayor Bob Sabosik thanked Congressman Chris Smith for securing the funding, emphasizing that the repairs are much needed.
“Throughout the years, he has stayed in constant contact with local mayors including myself and does not only listen, but helps us get the resources we need to make our communities at the Jersey Shore better,” Sabosik said in a statement.
The existing deteriorated structures will be demolished/removed, the U.S. Army Corps said in a statement. New steel sheet piling and associated features will be installed along with backfill stone, and the placement of riprap in the water. The contractor anticipates mobilizing to the site in December to conduct diving operations at the site. Other work will take place in phases.
The Point Pleasant Canal is a component of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway federal navigation project which extends from the Manasquan River to the entrance to the Cape May Canal on the Delaware Bay, a total of 117 miles.
“The New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway provides a safe, reliable, and operational navigation channel for the East Coast’s largest and 5th most valuable commercial fishing fleet in the U.S. (Cape May/Wildwood) and nine U.S. Coast Guard Stations including Cape May training base,” the U.S. Army Corps said.
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