April 13, 2023
WEEKLY BEACH FILL UPDATE:
GLDD’s dredge, Texas, is scheduled to depart from New York on April 14th and arrive on April 15th. Dredging operations are planned to commence on April 17th. The water side mobilization of Stone Harbor is slated to begin this week offshore. Prior to landing the pipe on our beach, GLDD’s team will notify the Borough. The timeline from last week has remained unchanged.
April 11, 2024
The Stone Harbor Planning Board will take up consideration of an amendment of the Master Plan to incorporate the Municipal Public Access Plan (MPAP) as an element of the Master Plan at its scheduled meeting on April 24, 2023.
Upon the Planning Board’s approval of the MPAP as an element of the Master Plan, Borough Council will take up its own resolution to consider making the MPAP the formal policy of the Borough at its scheduled Council meeting of May 2, 2023.
Once adopted, both resolutions with a finalized copy of the MPAP will be submitted to NJDEP.
Borough of Stone Harbor Municipal Public Access Plan
April 11, 2023
The construction of the New Solid Waste Convenience Center is underway! Your diligent Public Works team has been tirelessly excavating and laying the concrete foundation for the new center, following all necessary permit procedures.
We are pleased to announce that we are on track for the scheduled May 15th opening of the year-round facility, which will enable residents to dispose of their solid waste (including Trash and Recycling) from 7 am to 3:30 pm, seven days a week in-season, and five days a week during the off-season with the same daily hours.
As we move forward, we anticipate erecting walls and a roof shortly. For more updates on the development of this new addition to our services, please check back here regularly.
April 11, 2023 – From Atlantic City Electric:
As part of Atlantic City Electric’s Earth Month and Arbor Day celebrations in April, customers can now request a free tree to plant at their home thanks to the company’s partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation’s Energy-Saving Trees program. Through the program, residential customers can reserve free energy-saving trees to help provide shade to their homes and enhance the natural beauty of their homes and neighborhood. Trees are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last.
“We are so pleased to partner with the Arbor Day Foundation again this year in order to provide these free trees that have so many environmental, energy saving, and money saving benefits for our customers and communities,” said Marisa Slaten, director of Corporate Community Impact for Pepco Holdings, which includes Atlantic City Electric. “From helping customers connect their solar with the local energy grid, laying the platform for electric vehicle charging and mass electric transportation, to programs like this, we are partnering with our customers in many ways to support a cleaner energy future and a better environment for all.”
This year, Atlantic City Electric is providing 800 trees to residential customers. Customers can choose from several species, including Baldcypress, River Birch, Eastern Redbud, Red Maple and White Dogwood – all trees that are native to the northeast region. The one-gallon trees will be delivered via mail by the end of May. To reserve a tree, visit arborday.org/ace or call 855-670-2773. Before planting a tree, Atlantic City Electric reminds customers to know what’s below and call 811 to have utility-owned underground lines marked before digging.
Properly planted trees can provide many benefits, such as reducing energy use through summer shading and by slowing winter winds. As trees grow, they have the potential to lower energy bills by 30 percent. Interactive tools are available online through the Arbor Day Foundation to help customers determine the best place to plant their tree for energy savings.
Atlantic City Electric is committed to the environment and always works toward delivering a cleaner and brighter future for our customers and communities. Through the Sustainable Communities Grants program, Atlantic City Electric provides funding to support open space preservation, improvements to parks and recreation resources, environmental conservation, and innovative community resiliency projects across their service area. Additionally, Atlantic City Electric’s Climate Commitment and Path to Clean goals focus on aligning the company’s operations, grid investments, and customer product offerings and services with the climate change and clean energy goals of the regions it serves.
Atlantic City Electric has also been a Tree Line USA member for more than 20 years. Tree Line USA is a partnership between the Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters that recognizes public and private utilities for pursuing best practices that protect and cultivate America’s urban tree canopy. Learn more about urban planting work done by the Arbor Day Foundation here: www.arborday.org
April 6, 2023
April 5, 2023
The start of dredging was reported by the Contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD), to be delayed until April 15 in Avalon. The Cutter Suction Dredge “Texas” remains currently docked in New York receiving predictive and preventative maintenance. It is expected to leave New York by April 12.
You can expect to see some activity in the next few weeks in Stone Harbor as the Contractor begins to install sublines which are the pipes that carry the sand from the dredge to the beaches.
April 4, 2023
April 1, 2023
Update on Great Lakes Dredge and Dock’s (GLDD) Beach Nourishment project for Seven Mile Island.
The original plan outlined during the January 25th Pre-Construction Meeting, proposed the dredging of the borrow site in Townsend’s Inlet to have commenced in March. Filling of the displaced sand was then to start in Avalon in early April, working from north to south, eventually reaching Stone Harbor toward to the end of April.
As of April 1st, delays in the start of the dredging have been encountered and GLDD is currently projecting to start beach fill operations in Avalon by April 12 to 14. The Dredge “Texas” is currently docked in New York receiving predictive and preventative maintenance. It is expected to leave New York by April 10.
Avalon is expected to receive 581,000 cubic yards of sand, and given the projected production rates GLDD expects to be working in Avalon from April 12 to May 7 (25 days for the 581,000 cubic yards). There is a two-day mobilization between Avalon and Stone Harbor, so GLDD expects to start filling in sand in Stone Harbor’s northern beaches by May 9. Currently Stone Harbor expects to receive 714,000 cubic yards of sand which should take 49 days to complete, The current schedule has the filling operations ending in Stone Harbor on June 27. These dates are all contingent on no delays related to weather or equipment breakdowns.
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Stone Harbor, New Jersey 08247
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