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Washington Avenue in Ortley Beach. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce flooding concerns in Ortley Beach, Toms River officials this week awarded a contract that will raise and repave a north-south artery in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The township council awarded a $758,613.13 contract with Earle Asphalt Company to raise the entire length of Washington Avenue in Ortley Beach.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve had a design engineer take a look at what we had to do to elevate that street to help the drainage in the area,” said Township Administrator Paul Shives.<\/p>\n

Shives said the street will be raised between one foot and a foot and-a-half and crowned in order for water to be able to drain properly and not accumulate on the roadway and adjacent properties.<\/p>\n

“What it\u2019s meant to do, is on normal rain days, keep property from flooding,” said Shives.<\/p>\n

The Washington Avenue project is separate from a larger project that will see the repaving of essentially all of Ortley Beach’s roads. That project could be before the township council in the fall.<\/p>\n

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