{"id":13444,"date":"2023-03-15T02:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T06:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=13444"},"modified":"2023-03-15T02:28:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T06:28:36","slug":"toms-river-planning-to-repair-ortley-beach-for-2023-in-absence-of-replenishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/03\/toms-river-planning-to-repair-ortley-beach-for-2023-in-absence-of-replenishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Toms River Planning to Repair Ortley Beach for 2023 in Absence of Replenishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-u6qQqP6X-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/u6qQqP6X?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>With it becoming clear that the Ortley Beach oceanfront will not be replenished or otherwise repaired in time for the 2023 summer season, Toms River officials said they would take on the task of stabilizing the beach for another year.<\/p>\n<p>Several storms dating back to the fall of 2022 have taken chunks out of the erosion-prone beachfront, creating &#8220;cliffs&#8221; along several blocks and mangling beach entrances, railings and matting material. It was initially thought that the expected U.S. Army Corps of Engineers&#8217; beach renourishment project \u2013 which will include a <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/02\/why-ortley-beach-erodes-so-quickly-and-whats-going-to-be-done-about-it\/\">major focus on permanently improving Ortley Beach&#8217;s resilience<\/a> \u2013 would at least be underway by the start of the summer, however hopes of an early replenishment effort have been dashed.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Maurice &#8220;Mo&#8221; Hill said the Army Corps is expected to place the project out to bid imminently, with a bid award expected in &#8220;mid-to-late April.&#8221; Likewise, Lavallette Mayor Walter LaCicero said his understanding of the timeline for the project was similar, in that the federal government could not solicit bids until all of the local municipal governments agreed to fund their &#8220;local share&#8221; of the replenishment costs. That &#8220;local share&#8221; has since been assumed by Ocean County, and will not be paid through municipal tax dollars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13199\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ortley_dune_feb_2023_943-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Dunes in Ortley Beach, Feb. 2023, prior to a renourishment project. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13199\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13199\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ortley_dune_feb_2023_943-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Dunes in Ortley Beach, Feb. 2023, prior to a renourishment project. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ortley_dune_feb_2023_943-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ortley_dune_feb_2023_943-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ortley_dune_feb_2023_943-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ortley_dune_feb_2023_943-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ortley_dune_feb_2023_943-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunes in Ortley Beach, Feb. 2023, prior to a renourishment project. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12739\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_769-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, Toms River Township, N.J., Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12739\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12739\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_769-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, Toms River Township, N.J., Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_769-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_769-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_769-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_769-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_769-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, Toms River Township, N.J., Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another factor that could increase the waiting period for replenishment is the lack of qualified bidders. Only two companies, Great Lakes Dredge &amp; Dock, and Weeks Marine, have historically been able to take on major replenishment projects. Great Lakes completed a replenishment project in Ocean City, Strathmere and Sea Isle City, all in Cape May County, about two weeks ago. This week, after a staging period, replenishment work got underway in Rehoboth Beach, Del., and will continue south along the Delaware coast. Another replenishment project will begin in Ft. Pierce, Fla., later this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they finish those projects, they\u2019ll come here, but we\u2019re confident it\u2019s not going to be until after the summer,\u201d LaCicero said.<\/p>\n<p>While Toms River will see a $1.9 million savings by way of the county&#8217;s agreement to fund the project, local infrastructure repairs will still fall to the township. Some beach entrances remain closed \u2013 or at least functionally inaccessible \u2013 today. Hill said Toms River will have the neighborhood&#8217;s beach access restored by the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever we need to do to get that beach serviceable, we\u2019ll do,&#8221; Hill said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12299\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_5770.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Damage and erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Oct. 4, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12299\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12299\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_5770-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"Damage and erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Oct. 4, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_5770-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_5770-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_5770-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_5770-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_5770-2048x1160.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damage and erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Oct. 4, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Numerous Shore area mayors appealed to Gov. Phil Murphy to dedicate some of the untapped billions in federal infrastructure and pandemic-era relief funds toward beach maintenance, which many deem to be a statewide resource that generates billions in sales taxes for Trenton. But the state, so far, has declined, eliciting more frustration from the mayor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a shame we don\u2019t get any help from the state \u2013 this is all on the township,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We\u2019re getting <a href=\"https:\/\/brick.shorebeat.com\/2023\/03\/brick-toms-river-school-officials-in-shock-over-millions-in-proposed-state-funding-cuts\/\">cut in school aid<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/brick.shorebeat.com\/2023\/03\/brick-toms-river-school-officials-in-shock-over-millions-in-proposed-state-funding-cuts\/\">lousy deal with Ciba-Geigy<\/a>, and there\u2019s no money for our beaches. So, thank you Trenton.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has already appropriated funding for the replenishment project, which will shore up beaches between Point Pleasant Beach and South Seaside Park. As of Tuesday, there were no federal bid notifications published on the replenishment effort.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/03\/toms-river-planning-to-repair-ortley-beach-for-2023-in-absence-of-replenishment\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With it becoming clear that the Ortley Beach oceanfront will not be replenished or otherwise repaired in time for the 2023 summer season, Toms River officials said they would take on the task of stabilizing the beach for another year. Several storms dating back to the fall of 2022 have taken chunks out of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"#TomsRiver Planning to Repair #OrtleyBeach for 2023 in Absence of #Replenishment","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":[92],"tags":[1865,37,1959,19,2286],"class_list":["post-13444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ortley-beach","tag-beach-repair","tag-beach-replenishment","tag-featured","tag-ortley-beach-nj-news","tag-summer-2023"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/nor_easter_12_16_2022_nj_768.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-3uQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}