Port Monmouth Flood Control Project Meeting To Be Held In Middletown

Officials will hold a meeting in Middletown to update the public about the status of the Port Monmouth Flood Control Project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), plan to hold the public information session on Oct. 29.

Officials will give a presentation about the “current alignment, phases and features of the project with some visual aids. The Corps will also provide an update on the status of the upcoming construction contracts,” a news release said.

As part of the $105 million project some 7,070 feet of levees, 3,585 feet of flood walls and 2,640 feet of dune will be constructed. The plan also calls for “beach renourishment at 10-year intervals along the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay,” the news release said.

According to the news release:

The Army Corps of Engineers is expected to execute 5 construction contracts as part of the project.

The first contract - for about $18 million - included construction of a new groin, pier extension, dune and beach berm system. Some 2,640 feet of protective dunes and a wide flat beach berm in front of those dunes was also installed. And it included “nourishment of the beach with roughly 400,000 cubic yards of sand.”

That phase of construction was completed in June.

The second phase “will include a system of levees, floodwall, closure gates, pump stations, road raising and other elements to reduce risks from coastal flooding.” Contracts are expected to be awarded in May.

The meeting will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the VFW Post 2179
1 Veterans Lane, in the Port Monmouth section of town.