Traders Cove Dredging Complete, Bulkheading Being Replaced on Brick Streets

Bulkheading. (Credit: First Coastal Bulkhead)

Waterway infrastructure was on tap Tuesday night, as a large-scale dredging and marshland restoration project was closed out at the Brick Township council meeting, while the governing body went on to approve the latest round of fresh bulkheading work for several street ends in town.

Traders Cove, Marshland Projects Complete – For Less

One of Brick’s primary infrastructure projects of 2024, which lasted into this year, was the dredging of Traders Cove Marina. The marina dredging was a success, with the state funding a portion of the project that saw marshlands in and around Brick Township – primarily in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge – restored using the sand that was removed from the marina.

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Council members on Tuesday night closed out the contracts for the work, reducing the total by more than $300,000.

“The contractor hydraulically dredged and placed 9,683 cubic yards out of an allowable 12,200 cubic yards, as per the project scope,” said Council President Derrick Ambrosino.

The total cost of the project was $2,495,604, down $348,906 from an earlier change order that anticipated higher costs.

Bulkheading Being Replaced

Like road paving projects, Brick takes on a number of bulkhead replacement projects each year, usually at street ends that reach the water. On Tuesday night, the council awarded a contract to R. Kremer and Sons for $197,564 to replace the bulkheads at the end of Cartagena Drive, Clubhouse Plaza and Scheiber Drive.

The bulkhead replacement project will consist of the removal and disposal of existing bulkheading, installation of new bulkheading, the securing of corners, pipe penetrations, backfill and restorations.