{"id":836,"date":"2017-05-08T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=836"},"modified":"2017-05-08T12:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:30:50","slug":"ortley-beachs-first-round-of-beach-replenishment-delayed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2017\/05\/ortley-beachs-first-round-of-beach-replenishment-delayed-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortley Beach&#8217;s First Round of Beach Replenishment Delayed Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3569\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/obs2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3569\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3569\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/obs2-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Work continues to rebuild protective berms in Ortley Beach following a nor'easter, Feb. 2, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work continues to rebuild protective berms in Ortley Beach following a nor&#8217;easter, Feb. 2, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An initial round of beachfill in Ortley Beach has been delayed for a second time, Shorebeat has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The project was initially supposed to begin in late April, but then was delayed until May 14. Now, the project has been delayed even longer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current estimate is work could start on or about <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_110213741\"><span class=\"aQJ\">May 25,&#8221; Stephen Rochette, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That means the work, conceivably, could be taking place during the Memorial Day weekend holiday. The delay has reportedly been due to a similar, ongoing project in Florida that is taking longer than expected.<\/p>\n<p>Orltey Beach is receiving an initial\u00a0267,000 cubic yards of sand, creating an approximately 225-foot-wide beach over the course of two weeks. Technically, the work is being completed before the larger, island-wide replenishment project begins due to the dire state of Ortley Beach&#8217;s dune system.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks Marine, the contractor on the job, will work in 1,000-foot-wide sections of beaches at a time to minimize impacts to residents and visitors, officials have said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2017\/05\/ortley-beachs-first-round-of-beach-replenishment-delayed-again\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An initial round of beachfill in Ortley Beach has been delayed for a second time, Shorebeat has learned. The project was initially supposed to begin in late April, but then was delayed until May 14. Now, the project has been delayed even longer. &#8220;The current estimate is work could start on or about May 25,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,9],"tags":[99,30,11],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-weather","category-featured","tag-beach-replenishment","tag-ortley-beach","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/obs2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}