{"id":20207,"date":"2022-06-21T02:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T06:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=20207"},"modified":"2022-06-21T02:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T06:52:51","slug":"sand-replenishment-underway-at-windward-beach-will-remain-closed-to-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2022\/06\/sand-replenishment-underway-at-windward-beach-will-remain-closed-to-swimmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand Replenishment Underway at Windward Beach, Will Remain Closed to Swimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-xPpdmRtp-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/xPpdmRtp?hd=1&cover=1&loop=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&muted=0&controls=1&playsinline=0&useAverageColor=0&preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>A beach replenishment project at Windward Beach Park in Brick Township was underway, with crews spreading sand taken from a local lagoon along the shore.<\/p>\n<p>The sand will raise the grade of the beach, which is set on the Metedeconk River, and fill in several spots that have eroded in recent years. The \u201cdonor sand,\u201d as it is sometimes called, has been removed from the Nejecho Lagoon, a residential waterway located downriver on the south bank, roughly off Mantoloking Road. The sand was environmentally tested and approved for beach use as part of the township\u2019s permitting process for the lagoon dredging project.<\/p>\n<p>Sand from the lagoon will be transported to Windward Beach and spread across the waterfront for several more days, at which point the beach will reopen to the public. But swimming will remain off-limits, Mayor John Ducey confirmed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20209\" style=\"width: 2134px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20209\" class=\"wp-image-20209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622.jpg\" alt=\"Beach replenishment at Windward Beach, Brick, N.J., June 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"2124\" height=\"1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622.jpg 2124w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622-400x205.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622-1536x787.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622-2048x1049.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2124px) 100vw, 2124px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach replenishment at Windward Beach, Brick, N.J., June 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20210\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4536-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20210\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4536-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach replenishment at Windward Beach, Brick, N.J., June 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4536-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4536-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4536-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4536-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4536-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach replenishment at Windward Beach, Brick, N.J., June 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20211\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4537-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20211\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4537-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach replenishment at Windward Beach, Brick, N.J., June 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4537-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4537-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4537-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4537-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4537-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach replenishment at Windward Beach, Brick, N.J., June 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The beach was closed to swimmers in 2020 indefinitely following rounds of closures due to above-normal levels of bacteria, primarily from waterfowl and runoff from storm sewers that empty into the Metedeconk. Fertilizer use has also raised the number of sea nettles \u2013 small, stinging jellyfish \u2013 at the park in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Shorebeat is planning a full, more expansive story on Windward Beach and its environmental challenges in the near future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2022\/06\/sand-replenishment-underway-at-windward-beach-will-remain-closed-to-swimmers\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beach replenishment project at Windward Beach Park in Brick Township was underway, with crews spreading sand taken from a local lagoon along the shore. The sand will raise the grade of the beach, which is set on the Metedeconk River, and fill in several spots that have eroded in recent years. The \u201cdonor sand,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[86,24,1748,4484,270,34],"class_list":["post-20207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-in-brick","tag-beach-replenishment","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-dredging","tag-featured","tag-metedeconk-river","tag-windward-beach","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4535-scaled-e1655794306622.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-5fV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}