Repairs to Point Pleasant Canal Bulkhead Completed by Army Corps

New bulkheading at the entrance to the Point Pleasant Canal. (Photo: USACE)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District on Thursday announced the completion of bulkhead repair work at the end of the Point Pleasant Canal.

New steel sheet piling and associated features were installed along with backfill stone, and the placement of riprap in the water, a statement from the agency said. The bulkhead and associated features were brought up to current design standards to add increased resilience to this portion of the canal bulkhead.

Deteriorating bulkheading along the Point Pleasant Canal’s north entrance, Dec. 2023. (Photo: USACE Philadelphia District)

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The Army Corps previously awarded a contract to UH Services Group, LLC for $3.2 million to repair a portion of severely deteriorated steel bulkhead at the entrance of the Point Pleasant Canal on the Manasquan River side along the eastern shoreline.

The canal is a component of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, a 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 fifth 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 statement said.

The Point Pleasant Canal at the Manasquan River. (Photo: Shorebeat)

The northern terminus of the Canal at the Manasquan River also represents the northern terminus of the ICW, which runs to Key West before transitioning to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The canal is located completely within the borders of Point Pleasant Borough.